1786/11/18

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Responds favorably to the work done at the Annapolis Convention and since. Explains why he cannot attend the Constitutional Convention. He was re-elected president of the Society of Cincinnati, whose meeting coincides with the convention. Although he declined that position because of his desire to retire from public life, attending the Constitutional Convention would be considered a snub to the former officers of the Continental Army. Expresses his happiness in hearing Madison would chair the Virginia delegation to the Constitutional Convention.

GLC07699

1836/12/23

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Norris re: President Jackson's discussion of Texas Independence

"The message of the President's concerning Texas [Independence] will I think close the campaign on that subject for the present session. The truth is, that it would be as impolite as vain for the opposition to attack the dying lion [Jackson]; & they can not with decency assail M. Van Buren in advance."

GLC07709

1836/06/25

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: Patent issued to Gould Thorp for inventing an improvement to the cooking stove

GLC07718

1945/10/30

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed document signed

Title: Speech re: transition to peacetime; economy

"Four days after the surrender of Japan, I issued executive order 9599 which laid down the guiding policies of your government during the transition from war to peace...to assist in the maximum production of civilian goods...to avoid both inflation and deflation."

GLC07720

1814/11/12

Morris, Phebe, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812

Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many persons rejoiced in the barbarous and wanton destruction committed at Washington...it is actually true that Admiral Cockburn placed himself in the chair of the House of Representatives and deliberately took the votes of 'to burn or not to burn.'"

GLC07721

1868 [?]

Republican Party

Pamphlet

Title: Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt

re: Civil War debts and "the legacy which the Democratic administration of James Buchanan bequeathed the Republican party."

GLC07722

1867/03/02

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 2 March 1867.

GLC07723

1867/07/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 8 July 1867.

GLC07724

1869/01/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardon proclamation]

Pardon proclamation justifying his constitutional right to pardon, noting similar proclamations from previous presidents.

GLC07725

1839/12/09

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: Journal of the House of Representatives...of the State of Illinois...

GLC07678

1865/05/06

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Salmon P. Chase re: argument against accepting the negro as an equal

"I am not yet prepared to receive the Negro on terms of political Equality for the reason that it will arouse passions and predjudices of the North, which...might rekindle the war whose fires are now dying out and by skillful management may be kept down." Written aboard the Steamer "Russia" in Branford Harbor.

GLC07680

1869/03/04

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Presidential Oath of Office administered to Ulysses S. Grant

Includes Chase's note: "The Oath from this paper was administered to General Grant on the 4th of March 1869."

GLC07682

1860/12/29

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winfield Scott re: urging Scott not to retire

GLC07683

1865/08/26

Florida

Broadside

Title: Proclamation by William Marvin, Provisional Gov. of the State of Florida

Calls for the election of delegates to a convention for the re-establishment of state government in Florida. Gov. Marvin's proclamation is dated the 23rd, but the printing is dated the 26th.

GLC07690

1771/01/07

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Lee re: liquidating his estate

Lincoln employs a Southern colloquialism: "You shall be able to say 'that took!'"

GLC07691

1865/12/22

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: thanks to an unnamed member of Parliament for his support of the Union

GLC07694

1861/05-1864

Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Richard H. Jackson, I company, 9th regiment, New York, infantry] [Decimalized .001- .516]

Letters of Richard H. Jackson, Lieutenant in the 9th NY regiment, Hawkins Zouaves, during the period of his service in the Union Army and his subsequent employment as a government clerk attached to the army's subsistence department. 185 letters written to his father in New York City which reveal in detail his two year army enlistment, from his first encampment at Riker's Island in May of 1861 to May of 1863 in Head & Morris Island, South Carolina where Jackson witnesses and reports on the Army and Naval operations against Charleston. Also included: 92 wartime letters written to Jackson…

GLC07705

1862/09/12

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Autograph manuscript

Title: Speech at the Tremont Temple

"The immediate cause of the present war is that your president would not sell them Fort Sumter... it is as true of Nations as of Individuals, that nothing so surely invites further agression, as to yield to unjust demands."

GLC07707

1916/12/20

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Frederick Bowen

"The people of this Country have seen [William Jennings] Bryan in high office. If...they make him President of this Country, they will give us four years of incompetence and corruption without a single redeeming feature."

GLC07708

1777/07/29

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Brewer re: military movements of General Howe

"I am still of the opinion General Howe goes southward or returns to the North River- He will receive great aid in attacking Philadelphia from his shipping and great assistance from the inhabitants of all the lower counties." Written at Coryells Ferry

GLC07710

1821/03/02-1821/03/04

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Martha Bradstreet re: current legal situation of Bradstreet

Opinions on war in Europe against Naples and Spain told via allegory of turkeys and ducks.

GLC07712

1865/04/07

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Broadside

Title: Expositor Extra!

"Sheridan attacks Lee and routs him! Gen. Ewell captured.... Lee's army has surrendered." With pencil note on verso: "I tore this from a hook in Adrian post office...heaven send the news are true. Charles M. Walker."

GLC07714

1865/07/07

Waggoner, J.F., fl. 1865

Document signed

Title: Texas amnesty oath signed by Confederate soldier

GLC07716

1861/11-1862/06

United States. Navy

Document

Title: 18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy

Topics include payment of persons called "contrabands", British ships attempting to run the blockade, Naval intelligence, sanitation during the "hot and sickly" season in the south, and legal requirements with regard to captured vessels. Probably printed aboard U.S.S. Minnesota.

GLC07717

1945/04/16

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed document signed

Title: First address to Congress re: death of Roosevelt and his legacy in Europe

"The Laws of God and Man have been violated and the guilty must not go unpunished." Typed document reproduced by an offset process. Signed on page 4.

GLC07529