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to Wilson Cary Nicholas

Written as President to his close friend Wilson Cary Nicholas whom he asks to run for the House (he did and won) and to write him unreservedly with facts and opinions. Docketed by recipient. Nicholas died the year before Jefferson and is buried at...

GLC00290

Inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt... delivered at the Capitol...

Signed on titlepage.

GLC00291

to Clement Biddle

Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, writes to Colonel Biddle, Pennsylvania Quartermaster General, regarding the transportation of President George Washington to Philadelphia. He instructs Biddle to prepare the vessel the New Line, as he wishes "to put...

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to William Stedman

William Ellery writes that he received his last letter and had hoped Stedman would provide some political news but since Stedman is apathetic about politics, Ellery must read the newspapers. He asks who originated the suspension on Habeas Corpus and...

GLC00298

to Edward Carrington

As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton delegates duties to Carrington as the new Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Virginia. He advises that the salary is $1000 a year and one percent of the duties on spirits distilled within the district...

GLC00299

Pardon of J. Dvorak (c/s Robert Kennedy [AG])

Convicted of violation of US Code; pardoned as finished prison term and probation

GLC00301

to William Barton

Henry Laurens writes as President of Continental Congress to Colonel Barton. He asks him about his wound and his general health. Encloses gazettes (not included). Mentions that the British have abandoned Philadelphia but that 3000 of their troops...

GLC00302

to William Farrar Smith or Benjamin Franklin Butler

Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army, informs Major General Butler or Smith that the 2nd Corps (28,000 soldiers) was directed to march toward Petersburg. He has not heard news of the expedition, but can still hear firing in the...

GLC00274

to William Farrar Smith

Written in pencil near Petersburg, Virginia. Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army instructs Smith to push the reconnaissance in the front to attempt to ascertain a point from which to advance against Petersburg in the evening. He...

GLC00275

[An Act for making Current seventy thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit for adjusting his Majesty and the Neighboring Colonies to dispossess the French from his Majesty's Land on or near the River Ohio, and for providing a fund for the Defense of the Frontiers...]

Fair copy of the act passed by the New Jersey House of Representatives near the beginning of the French and Indian War. Passed with some amendments, the act was meant to raise revenue for expenses during the French and Indian War. The bills...

GLC00276

[Indictment of Nathaniel Davis, printer, for counterfeiting money]

Signed by Paine as prosecutor for the state of Massachusetts. Countersigned by Daniel Parker as the jury foreman and five witnesses. Specifies the jury's charges against Davis in detail. Dated the "Last Tuesday of August." Names penned by Paine...

GLC00277

to Seth Williamson

A British captain discusses military logistics and the advice given to him by General Thomas Gage regarding troop transport. He mentions being in "the Rebellious Town of New York," where there was popular discontent with the Stamp Act of 1765. He...

GLC00278

to George Granville Leveson-Gower

Written by Cottrell, secretary of the Board of Trade, to George Granville Leveson-Gower, the Duke of Sutherland, as the Lord President of the Privy Council. The Lord President's principle responsibility is to preside at meetings of the Privy Council...

GLC00279

Kline's Carlisle weekly gazette. [Vol. 10, no. 471 (August 13, 1794)]

Contains state and federal proclamations concerning the excise tax and the Whiskey Rebellion. Also contains an article on the federal revenue system and another on raising troops.

GLC00282

Conductor Generalis, or the office, duty and authority of Justices...

Modern blind calf; Evans 2327; First American book on procedural law. Full title: Conductor Generalis, or the office, duty and authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Gaolers, Coroners, Constables, Jurymen, Over-seers of the Poor, and...

GLC00286

Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey

Compiled by Samuel Allinson; Folio ($1 signed). Rare, per WR

GLC00287

M'Fingal: A modern epic poem [New York edition with engravings]

With nine copper-plate engravings. Signed on titlepage: "Soloman Williams'/1795." Collateral to John Adams ALS to John Trumbull, GLC 1228.

GLC00288

[Resolutions on war and peace-making powers of Congress]

Four resolutions from the Confederate House of Representatives. The resolutions affirm the Confederate Congress' power to declare war and the President's power to make treaties of peace with Senate approval. Denies these powers to the individual...

GLC00289

Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices . . .

Title continues, ". . .of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High Court of Impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for charges exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, in the name of themselves and of...

GLC00292

to Edward O.C. Ord

Sherman writes to Ord about the Vicksburg campaign, explaining why he considers Vicksburg the hardest problem of the war. He comments on the location of the corps of Generals McPherson, McClernand, and Hurlbut, and wishes Ord had a corps. Sherman...

GLC00293

[Speech to the Connecticut Legislature]

Addressed to "Gentlemen of the Council: Mr. Speaker; and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives." Begins by mentioning the tranquil state of public affairs in the state. Addresses the issue of improving manufacturing and agriculture. Briefly...

GLC00294

to Ms. Martin

Wallace, Governor of Alabama, replies to Martin's request for literature on the subject of segregation in the South. He informs Martin that the Governor's office does not have any material on the subject of segregation, stating "we have never had a...

GLC00295

to Earl Van Dorn

Beauregard, Confederate Commander of the Military District of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, writes to Van Dorn, Confederate Commander of the District of the Mississippi, Department #2. He states that "the fate of Missouri necessarily depends...

GLC00296

Signers of the Constitution: collection of documents [decimalized .01-.05]

GLC00297

to John Hall

Reports no news from Europe or General Nathanael Greene. Hopes that the Comte de Grasse comes to Chesapeake Bay to support the Americans against Lord Cornwallis, which he did later that month. Also notes that "Vermont is to be admitted into the Union...

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