1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago. Prints Lincoln's letter of 26 October 1863 to the ladies in charge of the Northwestern Fair for the Sanitary Commission.

GLC04654

12 September 1750

Clap, Thomas, fl. 1750

Document signed

Title: [Yale College Master of Liberal Arts diploma for William Ellery].

Also signed by Jared Eliot, Anthony Stoddard, Benjamin Lord, William Russel, Thomas Ruggles, Solomon Williams, and Elnathan Whitman as Fellows. Written in Latin on parchment with a fabric ribbon attached. Accompanied by English translation. William Ellery graduated from Harvard College in 1747. A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Clap signs as President of Yale College.

GLC04655

26 October 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Empowering an attorney to sell lands from the the estate of the late Thomas Flucker]

Two related legal statements on the same sheet, signed by Knox twice and witnessed and signed twice by Justice of the Peace Josiah Reed. In the first part of the document (pages 1-2), Knox, acting as executor of the estate of the late Thomas Flucker, grants Daniel Davis of Portland, Maine, power of attorney to sell lands from the estate. The second part (page 3) gives Davis power to sell an additional plot of land. The last page has an autograph note by Isaac Leslie indicating the document was recorded in the Cumberland County, Maine. Flucker was Knox's father-in-law.

GLC04656

13 October 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Secretary of War Knox instructs Hodgdon to supply Fort Cumberland with clothing and shoes. These supplies were intended for the army sent to supress the "Whiskey Rebellion."

GLC04657

19 September 1778

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795

Printed document

Title: [Secret draft budget for the United States]

Partial printed budget that the Continental Congress ordered the Committee on Finance to draft. Recommends a loan of 20 million dollars sterling from Europe and outlines the financial relationship with the states. Also recommends poll taxes and duties. With manuscript notes of Josiah Bartlett on the front and docket of "M. Bartlett" on verso.

GLC04658

1861-1866

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Header Record

Title: Collection of Charles E. Walbridge, US volunteers quartermaster's department [Decimalized .001-.126]

The collection contains 125 letters of Charles E. Walbridge, of Buffalo, New York, to his mother. Two stray items are at the end of the inventory: an undated letter to his mother and a letter to Minnie Walbridge, his sister (#126). The letters cover Walbridge's recruitment in New York and his service in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Although he enlisted as a member of the 100th New York Volunteers, Walbridge repeatedly served in the quartermaster's department, and eventually became Chief Quartermaster on General Truman Seymour's staff. Walbridge rose from…

GLC04662

1862-1865

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Charles E. Walbridge, H company, 100th Regiment, New York, Infantry] [Decimalized .01-.74]

Collection contains the letters of Charles E. Walbridge, of Buffalo, New York, to his sister Louise. The collection consists of 71 letters to his sister, 2 letters of his sister to Charles Walbridge, and 1 letter from Leon Brown to Louise Walbridge. Charles Walbridge served in the 100th New York Volunteer Regiment and later as a quartermaster. He saw service at many places in Virginia, South Carolina, Florida and North Carolina. After receiving his discharge Walbridge stayed for several months in the South. He purchased surplus horses and mules from the army and sold them to Southerners…

GLC04663

6 August 1864

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Thanks to officers & men for gallant conduct in battle of Mobile Bay]

Draft of General Order # 12 signed by Rear Admiral Farragut. Thanks the crews of the ships that fought in the battle for Mobile Bay "for their gallant conduct during the fight." Lauds their lack of hesitation, even when they were asked "to follow your Commander in Chief through the line of torpedoes and obstructions of which we Know nothing except from the exaggerations of the enemy." Several phrases in this draft were altered for the final copy of the General Order (see GLC03310). For example, the draft uses "cheerfulness" and the final version uses "courage and cheerfulness"; "not the…

GLC04664.01

7 August 1864

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Letter

Title: [General order requesting fleet to thank God for victory]

A clerical copy of the General Order issued by Farragut on 7 August 1864. The order asks the fleet to give thanks to God for their victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay.

GLC04664.02

1838

Bradford, Thomas G., fl. 1838

Book

Title: An Illustrated atlas, geographical, statistical and historical...

Published by Weeks, Jordan and Company. There is a lithograph and a letterpress titlepage. The frontispiece is an engraved map of New York City (NY edition only?). There are folding maps inserted for the country between pp. 16-17. Every state has a map as do the cities of Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore. The Republic of Texas has its own map. The historical section digests American history from the settlement.

GLC04665

3 March 1912

Hearst, William R., 1863-1951

Typed letter signed

Title: to Perriton Maxwell

Asks his English agent to obtain works by the English authors George Bernard Shaw, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Elinor Glyn for publication in Hearst magazines. Mentions in particular, Chesterton's article, "Divorce," but advises that 100 pounds is too much to pay for it. States that 60 pounds ($300), their regular rate should be sufficient. Suggests that Glyn can write for "Good Housekeeping," and mentions two other magazines that might suit her writing. Wants Maxwell to establish relations with these four authors so Heart can get not only their articles, but their novels as well…

GLC04668

1 May 1865

Parker, Isaac C., 1838-1896

Autograph document signed

Title: [State of Missouri v. Henry Reed].

Signed by the grand jurors on docket. Grand jury warrant for "keeping a store open on Sunday" and for "not observing the Sabbath." Parker was a Member of Congress from Missouri from 1871 to 1875. Signed as Circuit Attorney.

GLC04670

1889 April 21

Mitchell, & DeGroff, fl. 1889

Photograph

Title: [Photograph taken at Guthrie, Oklahoma]

Stamped with the mark of the Cunningham Collection, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Includes the inscription: "U.S. Marshals and Deputys on 2nd St in front of the Govt. Acre, the day before the opening. U.S. Land Office to the Left, the only building in Guthrie at that time."

GLC04671

1867-1868

Conger, Levi P., fl. 1824-1868

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California] [decimalized]

Written to his wife Ann (occasionally spelled Anne or Ruth Ann) in Chicago. Conger and his wife were both born in New York and lived in Chicago after 1860 and through the 1880 U.S. Census. Conger worked for the U.S. Police.

GLC04672

August 1881

Harvey, C.A., fl. 1881

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Report of Exploration of a part of the Arkansas grant in New Mexico in Aug. 1881

Describes exploration of the grant in the eastern half of the state. Discusses the fertility of the land, its potential for irrigation (farming) or herding. Mentions (see p. 13) finding a basin with fossils, once part of an inland sea. The expedition began near Roswell, but had to repeatedly move north in an attempt to cross the Pecos River. The grant (apparently) included parts of modern-day Guadalupe, Debaca, Chaves and possibly Eddy Counties, almost entirely on the west side of the Pecos River.

GLC04673

2 July 1829

Perez, Albino, ?-1837

Letter signed

Title: to Mayor of Santa Clara [in Spanish]

Perez writes to the mayor of Santa Clara to announce the victory of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna over the rebels at Zacatecas in Mexico. Hopes he will send forth congratulations for this glorious event. Perez became Governor of New Mexico in 1836 and was decapitated in 1837 for trying to impose taxes from Santa Anna. Stamp of Government of New Mexico at top of recto. Partial translation in collateral file.

GLC04674

1791-1948

Header Record

Title: Collection of presidential letters and documents [decimalized]

GLC04675

December 1, 1833

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Document signed

Title: American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank

Printed membership certificate signed by Madison as President and R. R. Gurley as Secretary. The American Colonization Society resettled Black freedpeople in Liberia. D.B. Mattern letter 6/14/96, Madison accepted the presidency per his 19 February 1833 letter to Gurley (although it is a little equivocal); dating based on a 11/30/1833 letter from JM enclosing signed certificates (they may have been post-dated). Previous dating based on a certificate signed by JM as President, dated 1/1/1834 for Thomas H. Hulback offered by University Archive catalog #120. See correspondence in collateral…

GLC04675.02

6 June 1799

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Document signed

Title: [Ohio land grant of 1200 acres made by Congress to Brigade Chaplain Alexander Balmain for three years military service].

This document is a record of lands given to Alexander Balmain for three years of military service. It is signed by John Adams as President and countersigned by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering. A grant made in accordance with a 1790 act called "An Act to enable the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment to obtain titles to certain lands lying north-west of the River Ohio, between the little Miami and Sciota," and an unspecified amendment to that act passed June 9, 1794 are mentioned as precedent for the certificate's authenticity. The document contains a…

GLC04675.09

18 November 1818

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph note

Title: to Henry Colman

Invites Reverend Colman to dinner. Written in the third person.

GLC04675.10

16 April 1843

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph note signed

Title: to J. H. Hodges

He answers a request concerning Dr. Sturgeon's post office. Written on a half sheet of paper. With offset from an engraving on the front, and a rubber stamp signature of previous owner on verso.

GLC04675.18

1890s?

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethel re: staying with her uncle, sending autograph (traced sig.?)

Written in purple ink. "I hope your music and your morals are improving."

GLC04675.26

31 October 1911

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to R. H. Selfride

Declines an invitation to speak, as Governor of New Jersey. On stationery of the NJ Executive Dept. Possibly a traced signature.

GLC04675.29

5 December 1919

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed letter signed

Title: to Myron W. Mores

Thanks for note. Typed on stationery of the Massachusetts governor.

GLC04675.31

5 December 1867

Mercer, Hugh W., fl. 1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. C. Jones re: applying for pardon, for financial reasons

Writing to Jones about business, especially about the matter of seeking a direct pardon. He adds: "...Now that the Pres[iden]t. & Congress are renewing the fight, things will only go from bad to worse, we may suppose."

GLC04676