21 April 1861

Cadwell, Darius, 1821-1905

Broadside

Title: To Arms!

Recruitment broadside, printed by woodblock, dated from Head Quarters, Jefferson, Ohio by Brigadier General Cadwell as a member of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Division of the Ohio Volunteer Militia. Says the President and the Governor of Ohio are calling the men of Ashtabula County for military service. Says "Men Wanted Now! Maryland has seceded and Washington in danger! Let Ashtabula County meet en masse at Jefferson, Thursday, Apr. 25 At 10 o'clock, A.M.To consider the matter and Form Companies." Says anti-slavery U.S. Congressman Benjamin F. Wade will address the meeting. Says instructions for…

GLC03081

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Basaltic Rocks, On Snake River

Negative number 177.

GLC03095.01

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Port Neuf Can[y]on

Negative number 180.

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1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Fort Ellis, M. T. [Montana Territory]

Negative number 192.

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1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Lt. Col. Baker, and Officers of Fort Ellis, M. T. [Montana Territory]

Negative number 193.

GLC03095.04

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Shadow Lake, Near Fort Ellis

Negative number 197.

GLC03095.05

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Virginia City, M. T. [Montana Territory]

Negative number 187.

GLC03095.06

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Hydraulic Gold Mining, Alder Gulch near Virginia City

Negative number cut off of left side.

GLC03095.07

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Valley of the Yellowstone, Below Boettlers

Yellowstone Series, 1871. No negative number assigned.

GLC03095.08

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Valley of the Yellowstone, Below Boettlers

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 200.

GLC03095.09

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Exit of the Yellowstone, From the Mountains

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 202.

GLC03095.10

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Boettlers Ranch

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 203.

GLC03095.11

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Camp at Boettlers, Emigrant Peak

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 203.

GLC03095.12

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Yellowstone River, Above Boettlers

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 205.

GLC03095.13

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: The Lower Can[y]on

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 206.

GLC03095.14

29 June 1840

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry A. Muhlenberg

Comments on the 1840 presidential campaign and states that they are "in the midst of a higher political excitement than I have ever yet witnessed ... " Believes that Pennsylvania will support Democrat Martin Van Buren though the Whigs have claimed the state for William Henry Harrison. Dwells at length upon the Whigs tactics to get the military leader, Harrison, elected. "They have built Log Cabins & drunk hard cider every where. This senseless clamor of Log Cabins & hard cider is an insult to the understandings of the people & is every where beginning to react with…

GLC02919

15 March 1860

Bright, Jesse David, 1812-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Bright, a United States Senator from Indiana, declines an offer from Burr, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, to "visit Connecticut and address the Democracy of that state during the present Canvass." Bright served as a U.S. senator from Indiana from 1845-1862.

GLC02925.03

9 April 1860

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Davis, a United States Senator from Mississippi, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to attend a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Writes "Although the state of my health & that of my family would not have allowed…I am sure I would have been much pleased with a visit to your state…My public duties however so completely engross my time as to leave me no opportunity for such enjoyments during the Session of Congress ...". Davis served as a U.S. congressman (1845-1846) and senator (1847-1851, 1857-1861) and as…

GLC02925.08

12 March 1860

Slidell, John, 1793-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Slidell, a United States Senator from Louisiana, regretfully declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "The Democracy of Connecticut has long been distinguished for its bold & unflinching adherence to sound constitutional principles, your representatives in both branches of Congress have commanded the gratitude & admiration of every true Southern man ..." Declares "in the person of the gallant Seymour you have a standard bearer worthy of the great cause…

GLC02925.18

13 March 1860

Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Toombs, a United States Senator from Georgia, regretfully declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "I consider your approaching election of the utmost importance to the Country. Your opponents are the enemies of the Constitution & when the Constitution perishes the Union will & ought to perish with it." Toombs was a U.S. congressman (1845-1852) and senator (1853-1860) from Georgia. During the Civil War he served as Confederate secretary of state and…

GLC02925.20

7 April 1915

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to Alfred Burr

Signed as President. Letter regarding the investigation of statements made against Mr. Spellacy.

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1 October 1867

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Document signed

Title: [Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]

Check for $16.25 signed by Gideon Welles to "B" and endorsed on verso by Brady.

GLC02926

1941

Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977

Photograph signed

Title: [Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]

Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by the nine justices: Owen J. Roberts, J.C. McReynolds, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fisk Stone, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, and Frank Murphy. Date determined due to the overlapping time the justices served. McReynolds and Hughes both left in 1941, while Stone had just started in 1941.

GLC02929.01

10 April 1786

Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lord Sydney

Written by General Cornwallis, the leader of British forces at Yorktown, who had accepted the post of Governor General of India in February 1786 to Lord Sydney as Home Secretary in the Pitt government. Wants Lord Sydney to talk to King George about the specific powers of his new office. Wants to know if he has the power of granting commissions below the rank of colonel because he heard the king is disinclined to grant that power in peacetime. Says he does not expect any pay for the appointment. Sent from "Mansfield Street" in London.

GLC02921

2 March 1888

Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. E. Barr & Co.

Begins by asking Burr to consider this letter private and confidential. Discusses the possible mistaken publication of his letter in the Times. Informs he received a request from a reporter from the Hartford Times and might have answered incorrectly. "I answered as I supposed correctly - but upon consulting with my partner & manager this A.M. I find I was 'all at Sea' on the subject. I telegraphed you just now, & hope I thus prevented publication of my letter ... " Includes a postscript enclosing tickets to his show in case Burr comes to New York. Calls the show, "by far the…

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