1862/04/23

Crosby, N., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his son

Discusses preparation for Peninsular Campaign, as well as financial plans in case of his death.

GLC03046

1813/07/23

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Dev[ereux] DeLacy re: inland navigation, defending Chesapeake Bay

Incomplete. Lined verso. The third line up from the end lacks the line "power. There is a proposition now pending in Congress for an amendment" supplied by the polygraph copy at the Library of Congress. De Lacy came from Charleston, S.C. Most of Jefferson's letter concerns the possibility of stationing warships at Lynnhaven ("Lynhaven") Bay at the mouth of the Chesapeake. Jefferson says that he suggested a canal between Lynhaven River to East River, to allow communication between the Chesapeake and its inner waters near Norfolk. (President Madison rejected the suggestion.) Jefferson…

GLC03084

1863 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Dead soldier on a battlefield

GLC03090.01

1864 ca.

Wynkoop, George, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite portrait of George Wynkoop

Standing portrait of Lt. Colonel of George Wynkoop of the 98th PA Volunteers.

GLC03090.02

1864 ca.

Photograph

Title: [James A. Garfield]

Carte de visite portrait of Garfield in uniform, 3/4 sitting.

GLC03090.03

1864/02

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite portraits of Lincoln and son Tad]

Photograph of Lincoln looking at a book with Tad. Variant of O-93 (looks like "bible" variant listed by Ostendorf p. 183 but with more vignette and cropping into an oval) with Brady imprint on mount and on verso.

GLC02911.01

1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite portrait of Robert Todd Lincoln]

Brady imprint on verso with 3 cent tax stamp; Ostendorf p. 302 dates to ca. 1864 and shows a larger version of which this is a vignetted variant. Inscription on verso reads: Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Pres. Lincoln).

GLC02911.02

1858/03/18

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Seymour re: introducing John Marmen Grigg

Written as Secretary of State. Seymour was American Minister to Russia.

GLC02925.04

1850/05/02

Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General

Thanks the General for a copy of Ritchie's own letter from 1836, in which he argued for the annexation of Texas. Recalls that he sent a similar letter to Secretary of State Martin Van Buren around the same time, and that Van Buren seemed to agree with him. Remembers that it was, ironically, Van Buren's later opposition to annexation that cost him the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1844. This letter comes from Alfred E. Burr's scrapbook, but it is unclear who the "General" was. The docket, which is written in a separate hand, but also addressed to "Gen." suggests that the letter…

GLC02925.17

1863/06/19

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

Written as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Describes his forces advancing across the Potomac towards Pennsylvania. Lee mentions problems procuring supplies; Harpers Ferry. Was written near Millwood, Virginia.

GLC02948

1893 ca.

Photograph

Title: Post-war photographs of Gettysburg, Antietam and Chancellorsville

GLC02912.01

1866 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Abraham Lincoln]

Oval photograph of engraved portrait of Lincoln. With two one-cent tax stamps on verso. (Dating based on use of tax stamps.)

GLC02912.02.01

1774/08/12

Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810

Manuscript document

Title: [Revocation of Cyrus Griffin's power of attorney][copy]

Witnessed by Leroy Peachy, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin. The power of attorney had been granted by Burges Ball and John Payne, and their wives, and pertained to the administration of land in Virginia. Also contains a copy of the identity and marriage certification made by James Gordon, the justice of the peace for Lancaster County, Virginia, as well as James Ball, Dale Carter, and Richard Mitchell. A note on the verso by Thomas Griffin indicates that the certification was recorded in a court in Lancaster County on 15 September 1774.

GLC02923

1908/03/14

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Typed letter signed

Title: to Willie Olcott Burr re: Nebraska Democratic platform & other proposals [Bryan]

Signed as a former President, concerning his feelings on the Nebraska Democratic platform and implicitly, the rise of populism and William Jennings Bryan. Cleveland advocate the "old Democratic creed."

GLC02925.05

1855 ca?

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Burr re: hopes for Democratic party success in Connecticut [fragment]

Undated. Written as Democratic Senator from Illinois, to Burr, as Democratic State Central Committee.

GLC02925.11

1856/06/02

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Seymour re: letter of introduction for Mr. and Mrs. Stone

GLC02925.13

1851/12/31

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred E. Burr

Asks Burr to write a letter to Thomas J. Rusk, even though he had previously asked Gideon Welles to do so. Also asks Burr to send him the "piece you spoke of in the Times, the Santa Anna letter, and the last 'Times'."

GLC02925.14

1830/05/25

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document

Title: Official copy, permitting Hugh Witt to get land & settle in Texas (in Spanish)

Written in Spanish, signed for Austin by Samuel May Williams. Streeter, Texas 9.

GLC02930

1824/08/11

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: Land deed to John Cooke & Isaac Hughes (cosigned by others) (in Spanish)

One of the earliest surviving documents from San Felipe de Austin. Also signed by the Baron de Bastrop, John Austin and Samuel May Williams. Written in Spanish. Grantee's copy.

GLC02931

1824/08/28

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: Memorandum re: purchase of land by Elijah Roark

GLC02932

1833/04/29

Ogden, Thomas L., fl. 1833

Broadside

Title: New Arkansas & Texas Land Co. grant to Sylvester Davis (cos. Jackson & Curtis)

Numbered 3895. Cosigned by Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis. Streeter, Texas Rev. 1138.1.

GLC02933

1841/04/29

Clopper, Nicholas, fl. 1841

Document signed

Title: Capital stock certificate for $50 for land in Portland, Republic of Texas

Signed as agent for sales. Engraved stock certificate. Streeter, Texas 450. Written at Galveston

GLC02934

1846/04/17

De Cordova, Jacob, 1808-1868

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for $25 from W. Rhodes for surveying headright of James O. Rice]

Records the payment by De Cordova and James O. Rice to W. Rhodes, "administrator on the Estate of J.P. Kimball," for locating and surveying Rice's headright.

GLC02935

1849/09/03

Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849

Manuscript document

Title: Land grant [1840] to Levi Jones & Edward Hall of 18215 acres on Galveston Island

Certified copy signed by George W. Smyth as Land Office Commissioner.

GLC02939

1844/03/04

Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Republic of Texas Treasury warrant for $1000 signed by Compt. S. B. Shaw

Texas Treasury warrant endorsed on verso by Jones as Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Signed by Samuel B. Shaw as comptroller and Charles Mason as auditor.

GLC02940