12 July 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Instructions related to the purchase of military supplies written during the Whiskey Rebellion. Written from the War Department. Hodgdon was the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army.

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7 August 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Discusses transferring military supplies and purchasing procedures for ordnance needed for the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Written from the War Department. Hodgdon was the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army.

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22 October 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Orders Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to pack military clothing for transport to western Pennsylvania. Indicates that the supplies are for Colonel Francis Mentges, who was involved in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Written from the War Department.

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26 November 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Orders Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to send clothing for the militia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The military was then engaged in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Written from the War Department.

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27 November 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Tells Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to suspend the sending of clothing for the militia then engaged in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion, because of the arrival of Colonel Hamilton, possibly Alexander Hamilton. Written from the War Department.

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9 December 1788

McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817

Document signed

Title: [Report of judges and the attorney general on the case of Jacob Dryer].

Also signed by State Supreme Court Judge George Bryan and Jurist William Bradford. Concludes that the state "Council may legally issue a warrant for the Execution of the prisoner..." Dryer had been convicted of burglary and pardoned on condition of leaving the United States. He violated that condition.

GLC01615

1886-1887

Morgan, J. Pierpont, 1837-1913

Typed document signed

Title: [Indenture of Deed from New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, et al. to The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company]

Contains three parts: the first is an indenture in which the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company pays $18,000 to the United New Jersey Rail Road and Canal Company for specified lands and buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey. Morgan and Harris C. Fahnestock also relinquish all ownership of the lands and premises they own in this territory to the United New Jersey Rail Road and Canal Company. Signed by Josiah H. Reed, President, George S. Jones, Secretary, and Trustees Fahnestock and Morgan. Part two, written on 14 January 1887, declares that George S. Jones testifies to the authenticity of…

GLC01616

11 June 1844

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Tingey Craven

Perry writes from U.S. Frigate Macedonian to Craven, Commander of the U.S. Brig Porpoise. Instructs Craven that upon arriving in Liberia, he should go directly to the Galenas River. Discusses procedure for cruising and for display of the American Flag, noting, "...in the neighborhood of the Galenas at least you may be able to prevent the desecration of the American Flag to the vile purposes of the foreign slave Dealer." Requests Craven's observations on the land, currents, and other features of the Galenas River. Craven and Perry were engaged in suppressing the slave trade along the West…

GLC01617

6 March 1863

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Gilbert Witham, Captain, Co. M, 1st Cavalry, California Volunteers]

Partially printed document signed by Stanford as Governor of California and countersigned by California Secretary of State William H. Weeks, Adjutant General William Kibbe, and Deputy A.A.H. Tuttle. Sealed with the Great Seal of California (with bear, Minerva and gold-digger). With partially printed oath of allegiance signed by Witham on verso, dated May 16 at Stockton, California.

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13 August 1793

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph document signed

Title: [Orders to Commissary "for a Putawalimi chief one quart whisky"]

Harrison signed as Aide de camp while serving under General Anthony Wayne during the Indian Wars of the Old Northwest. Docket identifies the document as number 294.

GLC01624

21 July 1902

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to James D. Fox

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 in…

GLC01625.01

5 August 1902

Fox, James D., fl. 1902

Typed letter signed

Title: to Theodore Roosevelt

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. Signed as Societal…

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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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6 April 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

22 September 1784

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Gibbons, Jr.

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

1780/09/09

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.)

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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

1780/10/22

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant of Berkeley Co. re: arrival of British troops & mobilizing militia

Manuscript letter signed by Jefferson as governor of Virginia, ordering the Lieutenant of Berkeley County to mobilize a quarter of the county militia.

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

18 May 1862

Hardee, William J., 1815-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sterling A.M. 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. Thanks Wood for relinquishing his claim to command to Bushrod Johnson. Hardee then commanded the 3rd Corps, Army of the Mississippi.

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7 January 1865

Humes, William Young Conn, 1830-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George W. 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. Explains that his officers have never before drawn clothing from the government and that many of them are "almost destitute of clothing." Written from Humes Headquarters in Georgia.

GLC01643

1 February 1815

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Levett Harris

Thanks Harris, the United States Charge d'Affaires in Russia, for obtaining and sending Adams' passport while Adams attended peace negotiations in Ghent. 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." Informs Harris that his wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, is in charge of several financial transactions in Adams' absence.

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27 November 1830

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Heaton

Thanks him for his continued support. 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." Addressed to Heaton in Butler County, Ohio.

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