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1848/05/03

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dr. James L. Ord re: early military career in California

GLC07857

1785/03/01

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: to John Hancock re: complimenting Hancock on his resignation as Governor

GLC07860

1801/01/05

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Drayton

Regarding the election of 1800 and seeking to settle a sum of money owed. "...I am extremely apprehensive of the consequences of the equality of Votes for a President - I do most sincerely hope the Federalists will act upon principle and observe a dignified and disinterested conduct on this important occasion."

GLC07861

1794/03/26

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Mifflin re: embargo on ships traveling to foreign ports

GLC07862

[1860/05/14-18]

Keyes, John S., fl. 1860

Autograph manuscript

Title: Daily journal of Massachusetts delegation to Republican National Convention

GLC07863.01

1860/05/16

Vorhees, N.W., fl. 1860

Autograph note signed

Title: [Resolution of New Jersey Delegation]

One manuscript page (in the hand of N. W. Voorhees, Secretary) in which the New Jersey Delegation responds to the Massachusetts Delegation's communication with a resolution of their own, instructing and informing the Delegates from Massachusetts that "William L. Dayton is the first choice of New Jersey, and that they can carry the State with him; and that the Delegation are not prepared at this present time to state what their second and third choice of Candidates may be." Validated as "A true copy," also in Voorhees' hand.

GLC07863.02

1860/05/21

Keyes, John S., fl. 1860

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Draft of a resolution of thanks]

A communication from the Headquarters of the Massachusetts Delegation to the Republican Convention, Chicago (from the Secretary of that Delegation) thanking Governor Randall of Wisconsin "for the kind and liberal invitation to us to an execution over the North Western Railroad to Madison...and for his thoughtful care for our comfort and pleasure" during a recent trip to the city. Obviously a draft; heavily corrected throughout.

GLC07863.03

1787/08/13

Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hon. [?] Warren re: newly proposed Constitution

GLC07870

1829/04/14

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B[enjamin] Romaine, Esq.

Expressing his views on impending Constitutional reforms. In part: "On the subject that of Constitutional Reforms....it will be well for the States who are latest in performing the task, not to lose sight of the advantage which that circumstance gives them. There is a pretty general concurrence here as to the chief defects in the Constitution which is about to be revised. I wish there may be an equal one in the proper remedies. I hope, at least, that everything tending to undermine the General Constitution will be avoided with the same care which guards against encroachments on the…

GLC07873

1790/02/19

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Fitssimons

Regarding funding act of 1790 (supported by Mr. Fitssimons, opposed by Rush). Speaking of "future acts of injustice," Rush remarks that: "Your funding System is to be one of them, and however much it may be gilded by the splendid and imposing names of honourable policy, it will rank hereafter with the murder of the innocent inhabitants of South America by the Spaniards-with the Slavery of the Africans by our Southern States, and with the ravages committed by Great Britain upon prosperty & life in America during the War....They all have left a stain upon our Country & upon human…

GLC07874

1829/05/18

Mitchell, Samuel L., fl. 1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Romaine, Esq.

Regarding friction in the early 19th century America and the rise of various secession movements. In part: "That a few mad or unfortunate persons of the old federal party might have thought of dissolving the confederacy, is despicable enough; but I never thought they could have carried the population of the New England States with them in such a treasonable and suicidal measure."

GLC07875

1860/10/30

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [John B. Floyd]

Comments on an untitled essay he wrote which dealt with the topics of succession and the tensions between the Northern and Southern states. In part: "Gen. Scott is all solicitude for the safety of the Union. He is, however, not without hope that all dangers & difficulties will pass away without leaving a scar or a painful recollection behind..."

GLC07876.01