circa 1940

Envelope

Title: to Erna Uhlman

One aerogram envelope addressed to Erna Uhlman. Postage is from Argentina. (similar to GLC10004.01.10)

GLC10004.01.11

circa 1940

Envelope

Title: to Erna Uhlman

One aerogram envelope addressed to Erna Uhlman. Postage is from Argentina. (similar to GLC10004.01.10)

GLC10004.01.12

1800-1900

Envelope

Title: [Envelope with Juan Mora stamp]

One blank envelope with a pre-printed postage stamp from Costa Rica commemorating Juan Mora. Mora was Costa Rica's first elected head of state. Stamp from Costa Rica commemorating Juan Mora. Juan Mora was from San José. San José is the capital of Costa Rica.

GLC10004.01.14

1847/12/10

Newspaper

Title: Congressional Globe. [December 10, 1847]

listing 13th Congress, including Lincoln

GLC08746

1845/02/08

Newspaper

Title: National intelligencer. [Vol. 46, no. 6575 (February 8, 1845)]

Monroe Doctrine

GLC08785

1851/01/15

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. 10, no. 3041 (January 15, 1851)]

Abraham Lincoln

GLC08743

1845/03/01

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. 4, no. 280 (March 1 1845)]

resolution for annexing texas.

GLC08758

1840/07/16

Newspaper

Title: Rough Hewer no. 22 [campaign newspaper promoting Van Buren]

Mentions Bank of the U.S., Jackson, etc. Published by Thomas M. Burt.

GLC08799

1845/12/02

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Book

Title: Message from the President [disbound]

GLC08703

1838/07/21

Niles, William O., ?-1857

Newspaper

Title: Niles' national register. [Vol. 4, no. 21 (July 21, 1838)]

Contains several notes on both the Bank of the United States and other banks, including the resumption of specie payment in Philadelphia. Also gives detailed news of events in Congress, lists army promotions, and contains articles on countless other subjects.

GLC08725.04

1836/12/31

Newspaper

Title: Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Slavery and abolition.

GLC08721

1815/01/28

Niles, Hezekiah, 1777-1839

Newspaper

Title: Niles weekly register. [Vol. VII, no. 22 (January 28, 1815)]

A leading national periodical discusses the Hartford Convention, Britain's war aims, the possibility that American forces at New Orleans can rebuff a British invasion, and African Americans' participation in the war effort. Pages numbers 337-352.

GLC08725.02

1843/03/11

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New-York daily tribune. [Vol. II, no. 285 (March 11, 1843)]

Includes Horace Greeley's endorsement of Henry Clay for president. Also contains an article on a naval court marshall, financial news, and news items from Albany, the New York capital, and an article on a comet. There are also various local, national, and international news items, and many announcements and advertisements.

GLC08726.28

1849/01/25

Gales & Seaton

Newspaper

Title: National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]

US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.

GLC08430.03

1857/10/14

Newspaper

Title: Daily Illinois state journal. [Vol. 10, no. 75 (October 14, 1857)]

Announcement of a mass convention against the 'National Administration.' The death notice of Washington Park Custis (last member of George Washington's family and father-in-law to R. E. Lee.). Front page includes an add for law firm of (Abraham) Lincoln and Herndon.

GLC08430.07

1836/12/31

Kimball, Joseph Horace, 1813-1838

Newspaper

Title: Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]

Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.

GLC08430.02

1815/06/26

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817

Document signed

Title: The Collector of the Customs Marblehead

Printed circular letter from the Treasury Department, signed by Alexander Dallas. Lists the acts and notices involving the payment of interest on Treasury Notes.

GLC08568

1820/03/06

Gales & Seaton

Pamphlet

Title: Memorial of Major General Andrew Jackson

Rejoinder to a senate report that investigated Andrew Jackson's justification for taking possession of Pensacola and St. Marks in Florida during the first Seminole War and deemed it "against the laws and constitution of his country." Jackson argues that the assessment is "unsound and erroneous" and seeks to vindication. Publishes various items of correspondence from the first Seminole War to justify his behavior. Printed by Gales and Seaton, by order of the Senate, and marked no. 73.

GLC08605.01

1824/03/12

Cartwright, John, fl. 1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Q. Adams re: requesting books be sent to American leaders

Addressed to John Adams Secretary of the American Legation, but really John Quincy. Requests books for Jefferson, Adams (Senior), Monroe, Harvard University and the University of Virginia.

GLC08566

1842/03/24

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Book

Title: Message of the President [Texas boundary with fold-out map]

GLC08847

Jaunary 31, 1818

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter

Title: to John Adams

Marked copy. Written by Jay to Adams when both were in retirement. References Adams' letter of 9 January 1818. Mentions that his son and daughters just returned from a tour of New England and that they enjoyed the hospitality of Adams. Discusses assertions made by William Wirt in his new book (probably his 1817 biography of Patrick Henry). Wirt was making claims about the authorship of various revolutionary documents produced by the 1774 Continental Congress. Adams asked Jay for a correction of the record. Unsigned, except "Mr. Jay" in text. Quotes at length from journals of Congress. Docket…

GLC00015

1860/10/04

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6067 (October 4, 1860)]

Capture of a slave ship, Lincoln campaign.

GLC08811

1836/04/21

Newspaper

Title: Newark daily advertiser. [Vol. 5, no. 38 (April 21, 1836)]

[government of Texas organized]

GLC08836

1858/09/29

Header Record

Title: Illinois State Journal + Lincoln collateral (engravings, photos, etc.)

Includes oval print (mezzotint?) of Lincoln published by J.W. Whatley, London; two oval lithographs of Lincoln from Bufford's Print Publishing House, Boston; a keepsake of the Lincoln Memorial compliments of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (n.d.); a colored oval lithograph of Lincoln published by F.P. Whiting, New York (n.d.); a colored engraving of Lincoln published by Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning (n.d.); a reprint of an early Lincoln photograph (n.d.); a colored lithograph of Lincoln published by George Whiting (n.d.); Currier and Ives print depicting Lincoln's assassination (1865);…

GLC08879.02

1847/12/23

Maury, Jefferson, 1826-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.T. Mason, Secretary of the Navy re: reinstatement after drunkenness...

Suspended for drunkenness. Takes an oath of abstinence. Maury entered the U.S. Navy at 15 and passed as midshipman in 1847.

GLC08443