1818/06/02

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to John C. Calhoun

The war against the Seminole Indians. "I have deemed it advisable to call into service... two companies of rangers ...with instructions to scour the country... exterminating every hostile party who dare... not surrender & remove their families above the 31 of latitude. The Seminole war may now be considered as at a close. Tranquility again (has been) restored to the southern frontier... the immutable principles therefore of self defence justified the occupancy of the Floridas & the same principles will warrant the American Government in holding it until such time as Spain can…

GLC07378

8 July 1872

Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet Card photograph of Thomas Nast]

Three-quarter length oval portrait of Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast. Signed and dated on the mount. Remnant tax stamp on verso.

GLC07364

1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of workmen posed outside Government Wheelwright shop]

Large unmounted photograph showing many workmen standing next to large wheels and wheeled gun carriages.

GLC07365

1934-1943

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Header Record

Title: Typewritten speech [Decimalized .01- .05]

3 page speech (with corrections) attacking financiers, accompanied by four TLS: 1) to Lawrence Richey, 7/2/1934; 2) to Lewis L. Strauss, 2/8/1943; 3) to Lewis L. Strauss, 10/22/1943; and 4) to Lewis L. Strauss, 11/1/1943, 5) Speech.

GLC07366

16 October 1725

Bradford, John, ?-1726

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Calvert

Discusses two runaway slaves that were brought before him and returned to their masters. In part, "This day was brought before me a Runnaway Negro Woman taken up Near the Head of Mr: [Charles] Carrolls Land on the upper Side of Monockasey In Her way to the Shawan Town she was taken at a fire a Little past the Middle of the Night In Company with Her Husband who In the Dark made his Escape..." Writes that the man [possibly a Native American] who brought one of the slaves in was not happy with his reward of 200 pounds of tobacco, and stated he would not leave his family again to bring in a…

GLC07368

1780

Cherokee Nation

Manuscript document

Title: Bill of sale for 47 black slaves to Michael Deloach

Bill totals $16,000.

GLC07369

25 May 1798

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winthrop Sargent

Serving as Secretary of State, Pickering informs Sargent that he sent Sargent's commission as Governor of the Mississippi Territory. States that new seals and presses are being made for the use of this Territory.

GLC07370

9 August 1814

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Reid

Writes to Major Reid to inform him of the signing of the Treaty of Fort Jackson with Creek Indians. Describes the punitive measures of the agreement, which forced the Creek to cede twenty-two million acres of land. Discusses Reid's commission as a captain in the 44th Infantry and plans to meet. Written at Fort Jackson.

GLC07372

1816/08/06

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to William H. Crawford

Writes to Secretary of War Crawford to transmit Captain John Allen's muster roll (not included) of volunteers who helped protect Chickasaw Indian land from "Intruders," referring to white settlers.

GLC07374

1817/08/19

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to George Graham

"[T]his will ensure the removal of 19/20 of the whole Cherokee Nation." Docketed.

GLC07375

4 October 1830

MacKay, John, 1805-1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Eliza Anne Mackay

Mentions an upcoming camp meeting in Georgia and sending money to his tailor. Discusses protecting Cherokee lands from white intruders, mentioning the capture of "200 gold diggers." In reference to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, he speculates that "The Indians have not yet been informed of the Presidents decision towards them" and mentions petitioning that might change Jackson's mind. Relates a story from an Indian about James McQueen, a Scotsman who married a Tallassee woman, and discusses interacial kinship ties (John's mother's maiden name was McQueen). Also contains family related…

GLC07376

1789/07/07

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Extract from a report of the Secretary of War to the President of the United States

Relays some observations "resulting from a general view of the Indian Department...with the hope that some of them might be considered as proper principles to be interwoven in a general System for the government of Indian Affairs." Discusses Indian land rights and boundary disputes, advocating for Indians to "possess the right of soil of all lands within their limits." Also discusses Indian sovereignty, western expansion, assimilation, gift-giving, missionary work, and managing United States-Indian relations.

GLC07379

1883

Crook, George, 1829-1890

Pamphlet

Title: Annual Report of Brigadier General George Cook, U.S. Army. Commanding Department of Arizona.

Signed by Crook's acting aide-de-camp S. Roberts. Reports on his expedition to the Sierra Madre Mountains to locate Geronimo and his warrior band. He faults the government for their unfair treatment of the Indians and the United States government and others' habitual promise-breaking. Records a litany of wrongs that Crook posits as the reason for the Indians deep hatred of white society. Recommends dividing the Apache reservation into individual plots and extending the rights of citizenship to the Indians. In May 1883, Crook caught up with Geronimo and convinced him to return to the…

GLC07380.01

30 November 1777

André, John, 1751-1780

Autograph letter

Title: to Louisa Andre

Writes a lengthy letter to his sister about recent events of the war in Philadelphia. "The army has remained encamped before Philadelphia and Mr. Washington has remained about 14 miles off. Our patroles meet and exchange shot every now and then, which is all the symptoms we have of war." Comments on his leisurely lifestyle, "The only hardships I endure are being obliged to sleep in my bed, to sit down to a very good dinner every day, to take a gentle ride for appetite's sake or to exercise my horses ... " Remarks that British General Charles Grey shows signs of favoring his advancement.…

GLC07272

1778/08/25

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Benjamin Tallmadge] re: spy report, setting meeting

Washington wants to discuss a spy report concerning British troop movements in New York: "Knowledge of that circumstance in the enemy might blast the whole design"

GLC07277

178[4]/03/27

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene re: supporting the Society of Cincinnati

The Society is designed to counter the "Temper of the New England States," and prepare it for the "decision of the weighty matters which may be brought on." (Small losses affecting text at center right fold.)

GLC07278

1864

Mason, Albert, 1839-?

Object

Title: [Wood cane presented from one prisoner at Anersonville to another]

Wooden cane with a polished handle and an engraved metal label wrapped around it that reads: "Presented to Peter Quinn by Albert Mason a comrade and tent mate at Andersonville Prison, 1864." Quinn died at Andersonville on 8 October 1864.

GLC07271.11

27 May 1777

Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts to an unknown recipient, but probably an army officer in Massachusetts. Begins letter with financial information. Hopes a vigorous execution of the laws will correct those disaffected with the Revolution. Mentions mistaken information on the raid at Danbury, which took place 23-28 April 1777. Gerry says the British lost between 150-200 men, including Governor William Tryon. While the British stated they lost 154 killed and wounded, Tryon was not amongst them. The British were…

GLC07273

1774/07/19

Low, Isaac, 1735-1791

Broadside

Title: Proceedings of the Committee of Correspondence

New York's response to the Coercive Acts.

GLC07274

15 April 1789 to 28 April 1790

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Header Record

Title: Gazette of the United states. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 15, 1789) - v. 2, no. 109 (April 28, 1790)]

Bound copy consisting of two volumes, 173 issues. Day by day accounts of the beginnings of the Federal Government. The issues have not been bound chronologically. Also, there is an extra issue of Vol. 2, no. 109 bound with the second volume.

GLC07275

1769/12/18

Broadside

Title: A Citizen's Address to the Public re: support of Royal troops

Printed by John Holt, per manuscript note.

GLC07276

1834/07/29

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leverett Saltonstall re: "the Constitutional check of the Senate"

"It is...in the Senate alone, that the friends of our Union, and of its Free Republican Institutions, can find a solid foundation for the cheering hope that they will be preserved and redeemed...the Constitutional check of the Senate, fearlessly and faithfully applied."

GLC07279

1800/08/27

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James McHenry re: election, Adams, political dispositions (signed "AH")

He writes of the upcoming election: "We fight Adams on very unequal grounds-because we do not declare the motives of our dislike. The exposition of these is very important but how? I would make it & put my name to it, but I cannot do it without it being conclusively inferred that as to my material fails I must have derived my information from ... the Administration. Yet without this, we have the air of mere caballers & shall be complete run down in the public opinion." Signed with initials.

GLC07280

4 March 1776

Woodhull, Nathaniel, 1722-1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Warning that the British Army may attack New York, with resolution]

True copy of the resolution, written and co-signed by Robert Benson as Secretary of the New York Provisional Congress. Contains secretarial signature of Woodhull as President of the Provincial Congress. This resolution was probably passed in fear of a British landing in New York after the presumed withdrawal of the British Army from Boston. (Henry Knox had brought the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in mid-February 1776 and General Howe decided to evacuate Boston three days after this resolution was passed. The British left Boston on 17 March). Being cautious, the Provincial Congress…

GLC07281

1779-1784

Header Record

Title: Letter regarding naval affairs and an engraving [in French] [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter regarding naval affairs and an engraving of the French base at Grenada.

GLC07282