1793/10/14

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edmund Randolph re: debating legality of relocating Congress

GLC07677

1862/12/23

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Manuscript document signed

Title: re: admission of West Virginia as a state

Letter from Lincoln to Cabinet members calling for written opinions re: admission of West Virginia as a state. Includes autograph of Seward and secretarial signature of Lincoln.

GLC07681

1865/04/29

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Letter signed

Title: Circular letter re: announcing Salmon P. Chase's visit to the South

GLC07684

1869/03/04

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

Manuscript document

Title: Memorandum for the Judges for Inauguration

GLC07685

[1865/04/15]

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph manuscript

Title: Speech written by Chase for Andrew Johnson after Lincoln's assassination

"Oppressed by their sorrow and profoundly conscious how much I shall need the support and faith of my countrymen, I have take the Oath prescribed by the Constitution, and have entered upon the duties of the great office so suddenly, and so sadly made vacant."

GLC07686

1864/03/15

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John F. Trumbull re: Trumbull's failure to see Lincoln

GLC07692

1837/03/18

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Adams Green and Edward Butler Osborne

Abolition of slavery and the right to petition

GLC07693.01

1837/03/20

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts

GLC07693.02

1761/08/26

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Dear Sir" re: Virginia's warm springs and his health

GLC07695

1786/08/23

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Loring Austin re: his Fourth of July oration

GLC07696

1786/11/18

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Responds favorably to the work done at the Annapolis Convention and since. Explains why he cannot attend the Constitutional Convention. He was re-elected president of the Society of Cincinnati, whose meeting coincides with the convention. Although he declined that position because of his desire to retire from public life, attending the Constitutional Convention would be considered a snub to the former officers of the Continental Army. Expresses his happiness in hearing Madison would chair the Virginia delegation to the Constitutional Convention.

GLC07699

1836/12/23

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Norris re: President Jackson's discussion of Texas Independence

"The message of the President's concerning Texas [Independence] will I think close the campaign on that subject for the present session. The truth is, that it would be as impolite as vain for the opposition to attack the dying lion [Jackson]; & they can not with decency assail M. Van Buren in advance."

GLC07709

1836/06/25

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: Patent issued to Gould Thorp for inventing an improvement to the cooking stove

GLC07718

1945/10/30

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed document signed

Title: Speech re: transition to peacetime; economy

"Four days after the surrender of Japan, I issued executive order 9599 which laid down the guiding policies of your government during the transition from war to peace...to assist in the maximum production of civilian goods...to avoid both inflation and deflation."

GLC07720

1814/11/12

Morris, Phebe, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812

Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many persons rejoiced in the barbarous and wanton destruction committed at Washington...it is actually true that Admiral Cockburn placed himself in the chair of the House of Representatives and deliberately took the votes of 'to burn or not to burn.'"

GLC07721

1868 [?]

Republican Party

Pamphlet

Title: Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt

re: Civil War debts and "the legacy which the Democratic administration of James Buchanan bequeathed the Republican party."

GLC07722

1867/03/02

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 2 March 1867.

GLC07723

1867/07/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 8 July 1867.

GLC07724

1869/01/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardon proclamation]

Pardon proclamation justifying his constitutional right to pardon, noting similar proclamations from previous presidents.

GLC07725

1839/12/09

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: Journal of the House of Representatives...of the State of Illinois...

GLC07678

1865/05/06

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Salmon P. Chase re: argument against accepting the negro as an equal

"I am not yet prepared to receive the Negro on terms of political Equality for the reason that it will arouse passions and predjudices of the North, which...might rekindle the war whose fires are now dying out and by skillful management may be kept down." Written aboard the Steamer "Russia" in Branford Harbor.

GLC07680

1869/03/04

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Presidential Oath of Office administered to Ulysses S. Grant

Includes Chase's note: "The Oath from this paper was administered to General Grant on the 4th of March 1869."

GLC07682

1860/12/29

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winfield Scott re: urging Scott not to retire

GLC07683

1865/08/26

Florida

Broadside

Title: Proclamation by William Marvin, Provisional Gov. of the State of Florida

Calls for the election of delegates to a convention for the re-establishment of state government in Florida. Gov. Marvin's proclamation is dated the 23rd, but the printing is dated the 26th.

GLC07690

1771/01/07

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Lee re: liquidating his estate

Lincoln employs a Southern colloquialism: "You shall be able to say 'that took!'"

GLC07691