31 January 1865

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Photograph

Title: Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment Picture

One photograph montage dated January 31, 1865 entitled, "Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment Picture." Reverse side contains a key for each senator photographed. Those photographed had voted to prohibit slavery. (see another copy in the Powell collection GLC00687, and in GLC07033; Powell designed the photograph.)

GLC01230

May 22, 1866

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ulysses Mercur

Responds to a letter from Mercur, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Denies recommending W. Clark for political appointment. Referring to the debate regarding reconstruction between Congress and President Andrew Johnson, states "the contest now, between congress & the President in my mind, is very far above all personal considerations. Congress must be sustained or the rebels, who have been murdering our kindred will control and destroy the Government."

GLC01232

1783/09/03

Treaty of Paris, 1783

Pamphlet

Title: The definitive treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America

Printed by Philip Denis Pierres for Benjamin Franklin. Untrimmed and unopened. First printing of the Treaty of Paris. The seal on the title page perhaps the second appearance of the Great Seal of the United States and "E plurubus unum."

GLC01234

1786

Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802

Pamphlet

Title: Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank and paper money

8vo; Howe P18, Sabin 58221, Evans 19880, NUC NP0023152A defense of the infant Bank of the US.

GLC01235

1775

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet

Title: A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies Of North America, Now Met in General Congress at Philadelphia, Setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms.

Secretly printed pamphlet co-authored with John Dickinson. 8vo. Signed in type by Hancock and Charles Thompson. Printed in Philidelphia. For the London printing see GLC00156.

GLC01240

1874

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

Book signed

Title: Report of the proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, at the Seveth Annual Meeting ...

Title continues, " ... held at Toledo, Ohio, October 17 and 18, 1873." Printed by Robert Clarke & Co. With Mathew Brady imperial carte-de-visite of General William T. Sherman pasted on the flyleaf facing the title page, signed by Sherman on the mount. The book prints the constitution, by-laws, meeting proceedings, reports of officers, a list of members, etc. Also contains text of Sherman's address to his comrades. Original green cloth gilt stamped binding.

GLC01241

23 March 1681

Penn, William, 1644-1718

Document signed

Title: [Land indenture to Francis Rogers]

Official indenture granting Rogers 2500 acres of land in Pennsylvania for "fifty pounds of sterling money." Written a few weeks after Penn received his charter.

GLC01242

1838

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

Book signed

Title: An elementary course in civil engineering for the use of the cadets of the United States Military Academy

Signed by Sherman on the first fly leaf, "Sherman/West Point N.Y./Sept 1st/39." Class book for cadets written by D.H. Mahan, a professor of military and civil engineering at the Academy. Printed by Wiley and Putnam, New York. With doodles and a joke, "Cadet Sherman has permission to go just where he pleases," written in pencil on the dedication page. With bookplate from the library of John Sherman. Fold out diagrams at the end.

GLC01243

2 April 1795

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

Document signed

Title: [Pennsylvania land grant to William Lane]

Partially printed land patent counter-signed by JamesTrimble as Deputy Secretary and witnessed by Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Mifflin. Lane obtained the land, called "Oatland" in Bald Eagle township, from Isaiah Davis. The document describes the specific boundaries of the tract, the sale of which was orchestrated through 1793 and 1794. A note signed by Matthew Irvin on the verso indicates that the patent was recorded in the state records on 20 April 1795. Large star shaped paper seal on top left corner.

GLC01244

23 July 1800

McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817

Document signed

Title: [Land grant to Isaac Wharton, David Lewis and others]

Partially printed document grants a parcel of land called "Stephen's Green," in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania to Wilhem Willink, Nicholaas Van Staphorft, Hendrick Vollenhove, Rutger Jan Schimmelpennicnck, Chriftiaan Van Eeghen, and Pieter Stadnifki. McKean signed as governor of Pennsylvania. Endorsed on verso by T. Matlock W. R. with seal of office.

GLC01245

circa 1871-1910

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Signed manuscript copy of the first stanza of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]

Written for her granddaughter, one of the daughters of Laura E. Richards.

GLC01252

19 March 1777

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Document signed

Title: [Promotion of George Clark to Second Lieutenant of a Company of foot in the seventh Pennsylvania regiment].

Countersigned by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson. Official document promoting Clark. Partially printed, with blanks filled in by hand. Hancock signed as President of the Continental Congress.

GLC01253

April 24, 1865

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Endorsed by William T. Sherman at the top of the first page. States that this morning he delivered the news to Union General William T. Sherman that the terms of his negotiation for surrender with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston was rejected by Stanton as the Secretary of War. Remarks that Sherman expected this. Reports that word has been sent to Johnston terminating the truce. Indicates that Sherman's negotiations were based on what he thought was already sanctioned by the President. Written on "Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi" letterhead.

GLC01254

October 28, 1715

Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1762-1725

Letter signed

Title: to Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev

Numbered "No. 108" on recto and "N. 88" on verso. The Czar recommends replacing Lieutenant General Anfediel with Lieutenant General Shlipenbah (possibly Wolmar Anton von Schileppenbach). Discusses political and military strategies against Sweden.

GLC01256

1862 ca.

Lumpkin & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: Jefferson Davis

Signed. Apparently a war date photograph of Jefferson Davis. Published by Lumpkin & Co in Richmond, Va.

GLC01257

23 November 1862

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

Manuscript document

Title: General order no. 94

Written by order of General Sherman but signed by J. H. Hammond as Adjutant General. Assigns Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman commander of 6th Brigade. Provides for the garrisoning of Fort Pickering by three regiments of regulars and one or two companies of sick and wounded. Requests that the post Quarter Master provide a storehouse, so that the men about to march may leave their excess baggage behind. Directs the men to be ready to march by 26 November. These maneuvers eventually culminated on Sherman's assault on Chickasaw Bluffs, an early part of the Vicksburg campaign.

GLC01258

September 16, 1884

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert N. Johnson

Replies to Johnson's letter and encloses his version of an anecdote told by Abraham Lincoln about Alexander Stephens and his overcoat at the Hampton Roads, Virginia Peace Conference. State he will use the anecdote in his memoirs. The story describes Stephens as wearing a very large and heavy overcoat. When he removed the coat, he looked to weigh only 90 pounds. Grant relays that Lincoln remarked about Stephens in his coat, "wasn't it the biggest shuck and the littlest ear ever you did see."

GLC01305

12 February 1866

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

Pamphlet

Title: Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln

Delivered before Congress in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Printed by the Government Printing Office. With "Correspondence Relating to the Memorial Address," printed beginning on page 73.

GLC01306

January 22, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: Note suspending execution of Harry C. Fuller at request of O. Kellogg

Requested by Orlando Kellogg

GLC01307

January 22, 1864

Kellogg, Orlando, 1809-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

"The President told me today that the sentenced of Harry C. Fuller would stand suspended 'till I could have a hearing for him. I shall save him." Apparently a fragment from a longer letter

GLC01308.01

23 January 1864

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Orlando Kellogg]

Brady Studios carte de visite of Orlando Kellogg.

GLC01308.02

1802

United States. Congress (7th, 1st session : 1801-1802)

Book

Title: Acts passed at the first session of the seventh Congress...

Blue boards (as issued?) with extensive doodles and inscriptions made by the clerks of Orange County, NY

GLC01360

1932

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

Typed document signed

Title: Lincoln, the Man of the People

Signed and dated poem by Markham. Document states that this poem was chosen to be read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in 1922. President Warren G. Harding delivered the address and the author read his poem. "Up from log cabin to the Capital, One fire was on his spirit, one resolve,- To send the keen ax to the root of wrong, Clearing a free way for the feel of God, The eyes of conscience testing every stroke, To make his deed the measure of a man." Copyrighted 1900, 1919.

GLC01367

18 January 1866

Wade, B.F., 1800-1878

Manuscript signed

Title: [Extract from a speech regarding Wade's opposition to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies]

Wade elaborates on his unwavering political stance, especially supporting the patriotism and loyal of black Americans who served gallantly in the Civil War. States: "Now Sir I say to President Johnson, to the Democratic party, and to the people of the United States, that I will never yield the controversy -- until all men in America shall stand upon an equal footing -- equal before the law in every respect ... I was one of those who was an early advocate of bringing those colored people into your army invoking their aid to put down the rebellion ... Would I lend my voice and vote to induce…

GLC01407

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