1819/01/28

Various

Print

Title: The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington...at York Town

Large black and white engraving. Title: "The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington after their defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781." Copper engraving by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and William Allen after a drawing by John Francis Renault. Renault is supposed to have been a participant at Yorktown, although the scene is highly allegorical.

GLC05861

1842/03/31

J., & G.S. Gideon (firm), fl. 1825-1858

Broadside

Title: Valedictory of Henry Clay, in the Senate of the United States

Clay announces his retirement and introduces his successor, John J. Crittenden. Briefly, Clay compares the senate to other legislative bodies. States that in November, 1840, he began planning to retire but remained because of President Harrison's death. He appeals to history to judge his work, and God to witness his disinterested motives. Alludes to his attackers and supporters and answers the charge that he has acted like a dictator. Describes his ardent temper and offers an apology to any senator who still feels resentment from "offensive" language used in debate. In conclusion, Clay…

GLC05863

1811/02/27

Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833

Printed letter

Title: [Circular letter on congressional proceedings preceding the War of 1812]

Discusses the recent proceedings of Congress, specifically the non-intercourse and importation laws and the problematic European trade situation that led to War of 1812.

GLC05892

1868/05/18

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

Document

Title: Congressional subpoena of W. S. Huntington re: impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Countersigned by Edward McPherson.

GLC05908.01

1868 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Andrew Johnson]

Imprint on verso.

GLC05908.02

1903/06/12

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Senator William P. Frye re: sending report, punishment for Col. Dickey

Sending report on Col. Dickey's case which "calls for exemplary punishment."

GLC05913.02

1903/06/15

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to William P. Frye re: reinstating Dickey against principles of good government

"If I have stood for anything it has been for honesty in public life, and it would be a shameless betrayal of every principle of good government to reinstate [Senator] Dickey...."

GLC05913.03

1861 October

Photograph signed

Title: [William Farquhar Barry]

Carte de visite of the Union Chief of Artillery, 1/2 length portrait. Inscribed to Ms. Belle Riley." Barry served as Chief of Artillery from 1st Bull Run through the Peninsula Campaign.

GLC05918.01

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [McMillian, James W.]

Carte de visite, vignette bust portrait.

GLC05918.02

1864/01/20

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton re: parole of honor for Col. Basil K. Duke

Also stating that "Gen. Smith will be responsible that Col. Duke will faithfully keep his parole."

GLC05922.01

1866 circa

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph document

Title: An act donating public lands to the several state & territories, which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture & the mechanic arts

A copy of the Morril Land Grant act, granting public lands to individual states for the building of agricultural colleges, written by Robert E. Lee. The act, passed in 1862, offered states 30,000 acres of public land per Congressman from that state, to be used as an endowment to build agricultural and mechanical schools. Lee, who following the war became the President of Washington College (now Washington and Lee), was heavily engaged in trying to raise funds to rebuild education in the decimated South. In January of 1866 Lee met with the Committee on Education of the Virginia Legislature…

GLC05926

1880 ca.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Book

Title: Garfield and Arthur campaign songbook

Bright pink cover. Printed by the Republican Congressional Committee.

GLC05941

1777 ca.

Habermann, Francois X., 1721-1796

Print

Title: Die Anlandung der Englischen Troupen zu Neu Yorck [New York][in French & German (with collateral folder of newspaper clippings)]

Shows debarking British troops in a highly imaginative setting. Hand-colored engraving, in watercolor, by Francois Xaver Habermann. Title in French and German. Full title: "[German] Die Anlandung der Englischen Troupen zu Neu Yorck." and "[French] Debarquement des Troupes engloises [sic] a nouvelle Yorck". The French title at top center has been printed backwards, in the manner of a "Vue d'Optique." From the "Collection des Prospects" (LC-USZ62-45372). Part of a series of Vues d'Optique printed at Augsburg; other prints in the series include New Yorkers pulling down George III's statue (…

GLC05860.01

1840/10/05

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Broadside

Title: Great Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at Richmond.... [on silk]

Full title: "Great Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at Richmond, Virginia, Monday, Oct. 5, 1840. Reported for the Herald, by William H. Attree." Report's Webster's speech at the Whig presidential nominating convention in Richmond with audience reaction. Criticizing Van Buren's administration at his party's convention: "Executive power has increased, and is dangerous to the free institutions of our land." Printed in 6 columns on silk with decorative bands framing the text and a hovering eagle at the top holding an "E Pluribus Unum" banner.

GLC05862

1884/09/13

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James E. Neal re: election campaign for presidency, written as Gov. of NY

"A public office is a public trust." Signed as governor, on printed stationery.

GLC05870

1821/11

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Book signed

Title: A report of the debates and proceedings of the convention of ... New York

Signed on p. 3 with Jefferson's coded initials "T.I." Compiled by L. H. Clarke. Published by J. Seymor. This Constitution expanded suffrage in New York. Debates include content on Negro suffrage and Missouri Compromise. Previously owned by John H. Peyton, with his signature on the front pastedown. Seven lines of manuscript on p. 367 (not Jefferson's hand), at the end of the index. Restored binding, with some chalk re-touching. This volume appears in the 1829 Nathaniel P. Poor sale catalog of Jefferson's Monticello library on page 11, item 690, as "Report of the Convention of New York,…

GLC05887

1863 ca.

McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897

Photograph

Title: Confederate salt print portrait, full length seated portrait

With manuscript inscription on verso.

GLC05888.01

1863 ca.

Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888

Photograph

Title: [William Wirt Adams]

Full length standing portrait of William Wirt Adams, a Confederate Brigadier General. On a later mount with signature scratched off front lower left corner.

GLC05888.02

1785/09/27

United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles

Document signed

Title: Report of the Grand Committee of Congress respecting the debt of the U.S.

Lists foreign and domestic debt, assessment of each state. Numbered "no. 26" in ink.

GLC05901

1910/12/06

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Robert Baker re: not fearing socialism

"But socialism does not alarm me at all, having implicit confidence in the disposition of the masses in general."

GLC05903

1903/05/22

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Senator William P. Frye re: not reinstating Col. Dickey

On White House stationery. "It is evidently out of the question for [Col.] Dickey to be reinstated."

GLC05913.01

1864 ca.

William S., & A. Martien, fl. 1864

Engraving

Title: Col. Berdan

Carte-de-visite engraved bust portrait of Himan Berdan. Inscribed on verso with name and rank, "H. Berdan Col. Commanding U.S.S.S."

GLC05917

1863 ca.

Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

Photograph

Title: [Robert G. Shaw]

Carte de visite, 3/4 length standing portrait. Later reprint of a war-time photo.

GLC05923

1846/01/15

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bennett re: lobbying support during his successful bid for Congress

Basler, Roy R. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I 1824 - 1848, p. 355

GLC05927

1855/03/03

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Book signed

Title: An Essay to prove the contagious character of maligant cholera... .

By Bernard M. Byrne. Published by Childs & Peterson. Second edition. Signed by Millard Fillmore and inscribed to Fillmore by the author. Book plate of Abram T. Kerr and Agnes Kerr.

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