1552

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566

Book

Title: Aqui se Contiene una Disputa, o Controversia [Second Edition]

The fifth tract on the conquest of the New World and rights of the Indians. In Spanish.

GLC04220

1718

De L'Isle, Guillaume, fl. 1718

Map

Title: Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi [map of North America]

Based on the notes of M. le Maire by Guillaume del'Isle. The first detailed map of the Gulf coast region and the Mississippi, and the first printed map to show Texas. With an insert of Mobile Bay. This map was also the first to show the land routes of earlier explorers: Desoto in 1539 and 1540 and his successor Moscoso in 1542, Cavelier in 1687, Tonty in 1702 and the recent routes of Denis in 1713 and 1716. The map's political implications outraged the English by laying claim to Carolina. Mapping of America 43.

GLC04222

circa 1867

Autograph album

Title: Autograph album signed by 4 Presidents, members of the Supreme Court, etc.

Signers includes: four men who became president: Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant (as General), James A. Garfield and Rutherford B. Hayes. Eight justices of the Supreme Court: Justices R. M. Waite (Chief Justice), W. H. Swampe, S. F. Miller, Nathan Clifford, Stephen Field, W. Strange, James P. Bradley and Ward Hunt. Two ministers of China have signed in Chinese with transliteration, and six members of the Embassy have signed. In addition, there are statesmen including: Henry S. Lane, Richard Yates, James Dixon, Jacob D. Cox, Lyman Trumbull, Gideon Welles, Elias S. Spinner, Benjamin F. Wade, Lot…

GLC04224

1864

Autograph album

Title: [Prisoner of War autograph album]

Includes signatures of Union generals captured during the siege of Charleston: Eliakim Scammon, Henry Wessells, Truman Seymour, Alexander Shaler, as well as many soldiers and officers. Also signed by Confederate Stephen D. Mobley, Capt. 32nd Georgia Volunteers, possibly guarding the prisoners.

GLC04225

January 24, 1861

Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harwood

Says he heard from his family that the "eldest member of our present generation had died." Says the woman was like a second mother to his wife. Goes on to proclaim her goodness. Went to the funeral and had to return quickly to the navy yard. Wrtites, "What a blot on our naval escutchion that Pensacola affair! Not so much for old [Commodore] Armstrong, but...traitors [Commodore Ebenezer] Farrand & Renshaw; and our poor miserable way of doing things, accepting...when such an event as the capture of a Navy Yard is announced before waiting to hear a single circumstance! These men will all…

GLC04226

30 November 1873

Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dabney H. Maury

Discusses the Southern Historical Society, its publications, and the disqualification of Confederate Army and Navy Officers from Virginia State Office under the 14th Amendment.

GLC04228

1740

Book

Title: [Geography anatomiz'd; or, The geographical grammar. Inscribed by William Ellery].

Signed by William Ellery and dated as his property "1744/5." Also signed by George Wanton Ellery. The sixteenth edition, corrected and somewhat enlarged; and a set of new maps, by Mr. Senex. William Ellery graduated from Harvard College in 1747. A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, William Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. George Wanton Ellery was the son of William Ellery.

GLC04229

1742

Watts, Isaac, fl. 1742

Book

Title: [Philosophical essays on various subjects; viz., space, substance, body, spirit. Inscribed by William Ellery].

Also signed by William Ellery and George Wanton Ellery. Title continues: "the operations of the soul in union with the body; the production and operations of plants and animals; with some remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the human understanding. To which is subjoined A brief scheme of ontology, or the science of being in general, with its affections." A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, William Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. George Wanton Ellery was the son of William Ellery.

GLC04230

9 December 1868

Galloway, Samuel, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Kinsman

Discusses the possibility of being named to Ulysses S. Grant's cabinet and mentions that this is "strictly of a personal and confidential nature. " Talks about his reputation and mentions his opposition to Salmon Chase's ambitions by saying, "One reason why I have been so long in private life is that as Early as 1857 I felt it to be my duty as a patriotic citizen to oppose the ambition of Salmon P. Chase." Comments on his support of Abraham Lincoln in 1859, as well as his responsibility in bringing Lincoln to speak in Ohio and in securing the publication of the Lincoln-Stephen Douglas…

GLC04231

1925

Photograph signed

Title: [Meeting of the World War Debt Commission]

Signed by all twenty delegates pictured. Stamped a "National Photo" on the verso. Herbert Hoover, who was among the delegates, is seated near the center left.

GLC04233

13 June 1843

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Spencer

Writes to the Secretary of the Treasury about saving $920 in making telegraph wires with colored varnish instead of colored thread. Asks permission to sell the unnecessary colored thread.

GLC04235

12 May 1854

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to E.H. Sanford

States that Amos Kendall is his agent for the management of his telegraphic business and he cannot answer Sanford's inquiry about the sale of telegraph patent rights in Oregon and California until consulting with Kendall. Comments that he believes that no definite sale has been made yet but advises on Kendall's whereabouts and states he will send Sanford's letter to him.

GLC04236

18 November 1784

Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Phillips

Discusses the anti-slavery activities of Quakers in the U.S. and a dispute over admission of blacks to Quaker church due to fears of intermarriage. He requests a copy of Bishop Wilson's bible be sent to him. He mentions other correspondence and the marriage of his second daughter.

GLC04237

January 13, 1851

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Ann Jackson

Inquiring if Jackson can try to interest her neighbors in the American Missionary Association and give them copies of the Association's publications. Writes, "Are there no other Christians in your place and neighborhood [whom] Mr R. and yourself can interest in the Association? Can you not effect this by getting them to read our publications?" Also thanks her for her donation, and sends a pamphlet (not present) on the Fugitive Slave Bill which passed in 1850. On illustrated stationery of the Association.

GLC04239

12 May 1761

Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800

Document signed

Title: [Enlistment and oath of fidelity of John Forbush, with receipt for bounty money].

Also signed by Forbush, who is a resident of Westborough in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, aged eighteen. He enlists until 1 July 1762.

GLC04240

December 31, 1854 to 3 January 1855

Jennings, L.A., fl. 1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Black

Writes to his friend chastising her for not sending her address sooner. Describes his living conditions and mentions that a gust took off part of his roof during a rain storm. Discusses his lack of reading material. Reports the hanging of a murderer and notorious ruffian. Verso contains engraving entitled "The Miner's Ten Commandments."

GLC04241

circa 1866

Kellogg, E.B, & E.C., fl. 1866

Print

Title: Justice, Liberty, Equality [Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

Chromolithographed oval bust portrait of Lincoln surrounded by a wreath, with dove of peace at top and "Justice, Liberty, Equality" on tri-color ribbon at bottom. Printed with caption "Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. Born February 12, 1809. Died April 15, 1865." Two publishers listed: E.B. & E.C. Kellogg of Hartford, CT and F.P. Whiting of New York.

GLC04245

1828

Pamphlet

Title: Ley de Colonizacion... [law opening Texas to American colonization] [In Spanish]

Printed by Samuel Bangs. First printing. References: Streeter 727; Streeter Sale 297.

GLC04247

1834

Pamphlet

Title: Plan para el mejor arreglo de...justicia en Texas...[In Spanish & English]

Full title: Plan para el mejor arreglo de la administracion de justicia en Texas." "Plan for the better administration of Justice in Texas." English and Spanish in parallel columns. First printing. References: Bauer 4665; Eberstadt 162: 881; Streeter 805.

GLC04248

August 1847 circa

Lafayette, George W., 1779-1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown [in French]

Concerning subtenants using slaves on property given to his father in recognition for his Revolutionary War service. Working the slaves is a violation of a provision prohibiting the use of slave labor. He assures the recipient that the violation will be corrected. Marked "Confidential." Docket states the letter was received 31 August 1847, so written before then.

GLC04251

1718

De Fer, Nicolas, fl. 1718

Map

Title: Partie meridionale de la riviere de Missisipi [sic] et ses environs...

Second state of De Fer's map of the Mississippi Valley. References: Cumming 169; Lowery 286; not in Wheat. (Compare to GLC 4222)

GLC04254

2 December 1835

Smith, Henry W., 1836-1869

Document signed

Title: [Letters of marque and reprisal authorizing Silas Dinsmore to seize Mexican ships]

Privateering document, printed and signed by Henry Smith as Governor of Texas, countersigned by Charles B. Stewart as Secretary. Document with decorative border printed by Baker & Bordens, San Felipe de Austin. Features paper seal. Docket on verso. References: Dienst, The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 14-18, Streeter 99-100; Texas Handbook I: 504.

GLC04255

1838

Texas Republic

Book

Title: Ordinances and decrees of the consultation, Provisional Government of Texas

Published by Niles & Co. Includes negotiations with the Cherokee and Comanche Indians. References: Eberstadt 162:195, Gilcrease p. 362; Howes T133; Raines p. 229 and Streeter 246.

GLC04258

22 June 1657

Gookin, Daniel, fl. 1657

Autograph document signed

Title: Summons for Eliz. Ball.

Written by Gookin as a jurist in the Court of Assistants. Addressed to the Constable of Watertown, Massachusetts. Ball was accused of breach of the peace and ordered to appear at court in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Ball, wife of settler John Ball, was noted as being insane by 1660.

GLC04261

27 May 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Document signed

Title: to Richard Greaton

Countersigned by Joseph Howell as Accountant. Orders Captain Greaton to pay to Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of the United States, $246,000, the balance Greaton has left from money given to him for the recruiting service.

GLC04262