1860 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: Abraham Lincoln cartes-de-visite (2)

.1= Portrait: "Abe Lincoln/Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking/ W. Duke Son & co., NY. .2= President and Cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863).

GLC00732

1859-1917

Various

Header Record

Title: Commissions of Thomas and Philip Ward, including Lincoln [decimalized]

With corrections and additions in Harrison's hand.

GLC00778

1860 circa

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Header Record

Title: Letter and plan for purchasing powder magazine for Georgia [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00446

1848 ca.

Header Record

Title: [Mexican War letter and map] [Decimalized]

GLC00155

circa 1836-1889

Various

Header Record

Title: Collection of 16 items relating to pardons (collection #5). See decimalized entries. [Decimalized .01-.16]

GLC00076

February 10, 1831

Watson, John F., 1779-1860

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill for books from Messrs. Carey & Start]

Watson, the antiquarian and author, orders copies of his own book, Annals of Philadelphia (1830). Orders one copy of the book History of Enthusiasm (possibly A Natural History of Enthusiasm, 1830). Includes a brief biographical note on Watson written in pencil at the bottom of the page.

GLC00496.248

1832/05/06

Redding, Ebenezer H., fl. 1829-1832

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for $1.00 from Corn. Williams]

Redding attests to his receipt of payment from Corn. Williams. The docket identifies it as a "Bill on Estate," although it was not indicated what the payment was for. Redding was possibly Ebenezer Redding of Washington County, Maine, who lived from 1782-1838.

GLC01450.724.04

1842/11/12

Chamber, John, fl. 1842

Document signed

Title: to Barton J. David re: accounting for flour to Iowa Indians

Governor of Iowa and Indian agent. Signed as Superintendent of Indian Affairs

GLC01450.715

1815/01/16

Morton, Nathaniel, fl. 1815

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for duty paid for a carriage]

Certifies that Lemuel Dunbar paid the yearly duty of one dollar for a two wheeled Chaise carriage. Printed with blanks filled in by hand. Identifies Morton as the collector of revenue for th e 14th collection district of Massachusetts.

GLC01450.718.05

1816/05/25

Silver, Isaiah, fl. 1816

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for apprehending and holding deserters]

Also signed by Justice of the Peace Dan Humphreys and a lieutenant colonel of the commissary, possibly T.B. Dalbach (partially illegible). Lists expenses owed to Silver pertaining to the apprehension of Richard Galusha and Robert Jackson, who deserted Captain A.W. Thorton's company in the regiment of light artillery. A statement of the returns accuracy appears on the bottom of the first page (signed by Humphreys). An order to pay Silver and acknowledgment of payment appears on the verso.

GLC01450.718.06

February 12, 1815

Mande, J., fl. 1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winfield Scott

Mande asks General Winfield Scott to supply his ship with supplies to enable its return to England. Letter written aboard the British ship "Favorite" commanded by Captain Mande which carried the Treaty of Ghent notifying America of peace in the War of 1812.

GLC01450.722

1838/05/10

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Document signed

Title: Ordering audit of receipt signed by Cherokee Chief Colonel Bowls

A note written as President of the Republic of Texas on the verso of a receipt for payment to Cherokee Chieftain Bowls (signed with an "X") at a time when the Texas Senate was taking Cherokee Indian lands.

GLC01525

1846/08/06

United States. Treaties, etc.

Manuscript signed

Title: Treaty between the US and Cherokee Nation

Signed by John Ross and Stand Watie, both great Cherokee chiefs.

GLC01233.05

1860 ca.

Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861

Photograph

Title: The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.

Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.

GLC01262

February 27, 1828

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet

Title: President Jefferson's Library: A Catalogue

Compiled by the auctioneer, Nathaniel P. Poor. Title continues, "of the extensive and valuable Library of the late President Jefferson, (copied from the original MS., in his hand-writing, as arranged by himself,) to be sold at auction, at the Long Room, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington City,... on the 27th February, 1829." Printed by Gales & Seaton in Washington D.C. Catalog of the sale of Jefferson's retirement library at Monticello which includes 931 items to be sold. Jefferson's classification system is printed on page 2. Catalog priced at 12 1/2 cents.

GLC06094

February 18, 1848

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Document

Title: General orders: No. 59

Signed by H.L. Scott. Winfield Scott's transfer of command of the army to Major General Butler.

GLC00911.65

February 19, 1848

Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880

Document

Title: Orders No. 1

Signed by L. Thomas. Announcement of General Butler's assumption of command of the army.

GLC00911.66

February 17, 1854

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Woody

Discusses everyday matters such as the welfare of Colcock and Huston family members and friends, his schooling, receiving vaccinations, recent events, etc. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.

GLC08165.02

February 8, 1824

Otis, William, fl. 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.273

February 9, 1824

Brown, O.B., fl. 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Written in the College Hill, neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

GLC06313.04.276

February 9, 1824

Tyler, William, fl. 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.274

February 9, 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Signed by Thomas [Lusiusburg]. Includes a handwritten 'f' on the address leaf, possibly a free frank.

GLC06313.04.275

February 18, 1824

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Includes a handwritten 'f' on the address leaf, possibly a free frank.

GLC06313.04.282

February 19, 1824

Bartill, L., fl. 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

GLC06313.04.283

February 28, 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Signed by [Lazell Perkins].

GLC06313.04.290