4 June 1836

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and Waw-Ke-Wa, a Chief of the Pottawatamie Tribe of Indians, and his Band

Concerns the cession of Pottawatamie reservation land in Indiana, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Abel C. Pepper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Pottawatamie on 29 March 1836 (and ratified on 4 June 1836).

GLC08055.34

June 30, 1858

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Ricketson

Thoreau writes to his good friend, a historian and poet, that he is about to take a trip to the White Mountains. He apologizes for not writing sooner. Muses on the nature of his friendships and refers to his "preaching" in the mode of Walden. " ... is it of any consequence to preach to an audience of men who can fail? - or who can be revived? ... If a man has speculated and failed, he will probably do these things again, in spite of you or me." Mentions his friendship with Channing [William Ellery] and states Channing visited and left a poem called "Near Home." Informs he went on an…

GLC01751.01

circa 1852

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Autograph note

Title: Daniel Webster's dedication to James William Paige

Printed dedication from the fifth volume of Webster's works, intended for Harriette Story Paige's husband James William Paige (included with GLC1946.62.01). Contains Daniel Webster's corrections and an addition in his hand.

GLC01946.62.02

14 September 1849

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. F. Frazer

Asks if he can use Frazer's copy of Moigno's "Traite de Telegraphic," and replace it at a later date so that he may have it on hand during the trial next month. Reports that he tried to purchase the book but the bookstore was out of it. He has ordered one from France with which he will replace Frazer's copy. Addresses Frazer as Professor. Written from Jones Hotel, no city or state.

GLC04480.01

July 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward P. Fry

Writes that he has seen Mr. Smith who will be at his office tomorrow morning. States that Mr. Burbank, the man who is in charge of negotiations for Morse, is at Lovejoy's Hotel and advises Fry to bring this letter as an introduction. Dated Wednesday morning.

GLC04503.01

22 August 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward P. Fry

Regrets that he cannot yet give Fry an answer to his request because he cannot get in touch with all the other proprietors. Sends a paper Fry requested (not present), and states he has made an improvement in the telegraph machinery which will allow him to write at least 25 characters a minute. Informs that he has just completed experiments on running telegraph lines across rivers. Addressed to Fry in Philadelphia.

GLC04503.04

19 April 1820

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter Gansevoort

Discusses New York state politics, specifically Westchester County. States that the majority of the Federalists will vote for De Witt Clinton, the New York state Governor, who ran for President in 1820 but was defeated by James Monroe. Mentions Daniel C. Tomkins, who ran on the Republican ticket in the 1820 election with Monroe. Signed James Cooper. He did not have his name legally changed to James Fenimore Cooper until 1826.

GLC05258.01

circa 1855-1870

Lanman, Charles, 1795-1870

Autograph note

Title: to unknown

Note explains letter in GLC05503.01. Writes that he corresponded with Thomas Sully in 1853 in regard to a portrait of his wife. States that Sully gave him prices: head $80, bust $100, kit kat $200, half length $600. Mentions that in 1855 he corresponded with Sully about a portrait of Commodore James Lawrence by Gilbert Stuart that had come into his possession and Sully sent a reply (see GLC05503.01).

GLC05503.02

18 November 1834

Lubbock, Francis R., 1815-1905

Printed letter signed

Title: to John Fitzgerald

Partially printed circular letter to the Sheriff of Montgomery County ordering that Philip Capeland be taken into custody and transported to the Court House in Houston to answer to the charge of "Groce Contempt." Signed by Lubbock in his capacity as the clerk of the Harris County district court. Docket, signed by Sheriff Fitzgerald, indicates the letter was returned on 4 October 1844 not executed because Capeland was not found in the county.

GLC06623.13

17 June 1854

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Benjamin Bacus assignee of Willis H. Landrum"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by Robert M. Elgin, chief clerk and acting commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 325 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A partially printed note on the verso certifies the document.

GLC06623.14

16 August 1855

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "John S Boucher assignee of Hoard Claybrook"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 320 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

GLC06623.15

23 October 1855

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Stephen D. Barker assignee of Thomas R. Jennison"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 320 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

GLC06623.16

18 September 1856

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "the School Commissioners of Hunt County, and their Successors"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of "One League" in "Cooke District, Wise and Cooke Counties," Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract.

GLC06623.17

28 June 1856

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Leonidas Wilson, Assignee of Jones Whittaker"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 284 acres in Collin County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A partially printed note on the verso certifies the document.

GLC06623.18

13 July 1857

Pease, Elisha M., 1812-1883

Printed document signed

Title: [Texas land grant to "Esther Gooding Assignee of James J. Stephens"]

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by Robert M. Elgin, chief clerk and acting commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 160 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

GLC06623.19

21 October 1837

Pinckney, John Townsend, 1802-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas C. Pinckney

Writes to his brother after returning from Houston, where the Texas legislature was in session. Discusses the activities of the General Land Office and plans for surveying and opening lands. Also discusses the removal of several Native American tribes from their fertile land, an activity that "has occupied my attention ever since I first came to the cuntry [sic]." Indicates that he has finally "got the Government to act on the subject." Comments on the quality of the Indian land, the white settlement that will follow their removal, and the increase in land value that Pinckney will reap…

GLC06623.20

1838-1848

Richardson, Stephen, 1794-1860

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification of a deed signed by Thomas Davis and Richardson selling land to Robert Wilson and Walter C. White]

Certifies that a deed was given to Wilson and White for land then located in Harrisburg, Texas. The deed had been lost. Date approximated from the period in which Richardson lived in Harrisburg.

GLC06623.21

2 June 1839

Richardson, Stephen, 1794-1860

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Texas land deed of sale]

Certifies the sale of one quarter of a league of land "on the Trinity River near Cashatta Village" from Richardson to Edward Hall of Houston, Texas, for $1,000. The land had been granted to Richardson on 20 November 1835. Witnessed by George R. Robertson. An autograph and signed note by J.H. Griffin on the second page indicates that the sale was recorded in the Liberty County records on 2 May 1841.

GLC06623.22

5 August 1841

Roberts, Samuel A., 1809-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B.C. Franklin

Discusses issues related to a land survey.

GLC06623.23

December 1835

Stewart, A.B., fl. 1835-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Errata to two Texas ordinances]

The first was an "Errata in ordinance and draw authorising the Govern[or] to give instructions to Commissioners to the United States" and the second was an "Errata in ordinance and draw to raise a Loan for the use of the Provisional Government of Texas." Lists corrections in wording to be made to specific sections of the ordinances. Date pencilled in at a later time.

GLC06623.25

6 August 1850

Smyth, George Washington, 1803-1866

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate of Mary Smith's right to Texas land and her transfer of that land to A.J. Brightwell]

Certified, on 7 August 1843, that Mary Smith, a widow who came to Texas in August 1842, was entitled to a conditional grant of 640 acres in San Augustine County, Texas (accordance with a Texas congressional act passed 15 January 1842). Beneath it is a transfer of Smith's certificate to A.J. Brightwell dated 6 March 1850 and a attestation to the transfer by the clerk, P.M. Graham dated 18 March 1850. At the bottom of page two, George W. Smyth, the commissioner of the General Land Office, certified on 6 August 1850 that this document was a true copy.

GLC06623.27

30 April 1840

Stewart, Charles Bellinger Tate, 1806-1885

Autograph document signed

Title: [Record of costs related to a court case]

Signed by Stewart as district clerk pro tem of Montgomery County, Texas. An attached document dated 14 August 1851 and signed by H.R. Bell as a clerk certifies that "the late Republic of Texas was adjudged to pay the cost in the case described...above."

GLC06624.01

29 March 1838

West, Claiborne, fl. 1800-1866

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certification of Michael Pevito's right to Texas land]

Signed by West as president of the Board of Land Commissioners of Jefferson County, Texas, and countersigned by Hezekeah Williams and John Bollinger. Attested to by Joseph P. Pulsifer, clerk. Certifies that Pevito came to Jefferson County in October 1835 and that he was a married man "entitled to one league and labor of land," on the condition that he paid the outlined rates for the land.

GLC06624.02

19 November 1839

Caldwell, Matthew, 1798-1842

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Texas land indenture]

Certifies the sale of lots in Gonzales County, Texas, from Caldwell, James Campbell, and Arthur Swift to H.G. Henderson for $50. Describes the lots.

GLC06624.03

25 November 1840

Stewart, Charles Bellinger Tate, 1806-1885

Autograph document signed

Title: [Affidavit relating to the case of Joseph Lundley v. Thomas J. Wood in Montgomery, Texas]

Signed by Stewart as district clerk pro tem of Montgomery County, Texas. An affidavit submitted on behalf of Thomas J. Wood, the defendant in the case of Joseph Lundley v. Thomas J. Wood, indicating that Wood "cannot safely go to the trial...owing to the prejudice which exists in the minds of the people of Montgomery County." Wood desired a change of venue for the case.

GLC06624.04