28 August 1762

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Burwell Bassett

In a humorous letter, chastizes Bassett, his brother-in-law, for not attending church. States "strange it is that you will be so blind to truth that the enlightening sounds of the Gospel can not reach your Ear, nor no Examples awaken you to a sense of Goodness ..." Discusses the condition of the tobacco crops, claiming that they are "assailed by every villainous worm that has had an existence since the days of Noah." Contains text loss and water stain. Address is included on a separate leaf.

GLC07545

3 March 1797

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of the ten ringleaders of the Whiskey Rebellion, who had been convicted of high treason]

Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State. Pardons Daniel Hamilton, William Miller, Richard Holcroft, Ebenezer Gallagher, William Hannah, Peter Lisle, David Lock, Alexander Fulton, Samuel Hannah and Thomas Spiers. Includes the comment: "It is ever my desire to temper the administration of justice with a reasonable extension of mercy." This was one of Washington's last official acts as president. The pardon was signed on his final day in office. Has a large paper seal.

GLC08072

1947

United States. Department of State

Poster

Title: The United Nations : for peace and world progress : the United Nations promotes international cooperation ...

Government Printing Office O-755361. United Nations organizational chart and illustrations of its goals.

GLC09520.15

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Do with less so they'll have enough

OWI No. 37. Government Printing Office. Color poster of soldier, Thomas J. Murray, smiling and holding a large metal cup. The soldier wears a helmet and an olive-colored shirt.

GLC09520.19

1943

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: Doing all you can brother?/buy war bonds

WSS No. 715. Government Printing Office O-502782. Color poster by Robert Smullyan Sloan (b. 1915) shows a close-up of a soldier with a bandaged head and a blood-stained khaki uniform. He has light-colored hair and blue eyes. In the background, a barren field lies scattered with broken or abandoned machinery.

GLC09520.32

1915

Wilson, William Bauchop, 1862-1934

Letter signed

Title: to A.G. Johnson

A response from Secretary of Labor William Bauchop Wilson to A.G. Johnson's letter to President Woodrow Wilson regarding the latter's opposition to the Butler Immigration Bill. States the President will consider Johnson's comments.

GLC09518.04

1943

Poster

Title: Fuel fights!/Save your share

Government Printing Office # O-554712. Image of an eagle bearing label "Fight Waste!" on his back is at the right bottom corner of poster. Text reads: "Fuel fights! / save your share / 1. keep temperature at 65 F./2. don't heat unused rooms. /3. keep windows closed. /4. draw window shades at night."

GLC09520.12

1943

United States. Public Health Services. Federal Security Agency.

Poster

Title: Enlist in a proud profession!/Join the U.S. cadet nurse corps

Illustrated by Carolyn Moorhead Edmundson. Caption in blue box at bottom: "A lifetime education-- free! If you can qualify". "For information, go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York, N.Y." Image of a woman in a gray dress military uniform with a "CADET NURSE" sleeve patch. She has light-colored hair and wears a beret.

GLC09520.16

1942

Poster

Title: Attack Attack Attack/buy war bonds

WSS 697-B. O-497775. Government Printing Office. Illustrated by Ferdinand Warren.

GLC09520.17

1942

United States. War Savings Staff.

Poster

Title: Till we meet again/buy war bonds

Wss 645-A. Government Printing Office No. O-491739. Illustrated by Joseph Hirsch depicting a smiling soldier in a khaki uniform and cap waves from a porthole. Approved with a stamp on the verso for distribution to schools by the Deputy Superintendant of Schools, Seymour L. Stone.

GLC09520.18

circa 1941

Poster

Title: Housewives! Save waste fats for explosives!

Wartime conservation poster by Walter Richards. "SAVE WASTE FATS FOR EXPLOSIVES!." Left side of the poster shows fat pouring down from a kitchen skillet to an artillery piece manned by three helmeted soldiers. Blue and red lettering reads: "Housewives! Save Waste Fats for Explosives!"

GLC09520.20

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds.

OWI No. 44. Government Printing Office O-510257. From the Four Freedoms series. From an painting in the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. A man stands to speak at a town meeting. A folded document is in his pocket. He wears a worn bomber jacket and a flannel shirt; sitting all around him are men in suits.

GLC09520.21

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Ours... to fight for/freedom from want

OWI No. 45. Government Printing Office O-511886. Based on Norman Rockwell's painting "Thanksgiving Dinner" This poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a turkey on the table. There are nine other people at the table, all smiling. "Freedom from Want" appeared on the pages of The Saturday Evening Post on March 6, 1943. This was the third installment the Four Freedoms series.

GLC09520.22

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: The Atlantic Charter

All-lettered poster in black & white. Text of the Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Title and heading at top. Two columns of text below in italics.

GLC09520.23

circa 1941

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Poster

Title: Don't fall for enemy propaganda

Color lithograph by artist Jack Betts. Warns of enemy propaganda against the U.S. Government, the Allies, Catholics, Jews and Protestants during World War II. Poster depicts the face of a man wearing a hat flanked by caricatures in green of Hitler and Hirohito whispering in his ear. Published by L. I. P. & B. A.

GLC09520.24

1943

Poster

Title: For gunpowder/save waste fats

Government Printing Office # O-533197.

GLC09520.25

1943

Poster

Title: I'm Counting on You!

OWI No. 78. Government Printing Office # O-534057. Poster depicts Uncle Sam in stars and stripes top hat holds his finger to his mouth in a "hushing" gesture. Illustrated by Leon Helguera.

GLC09520.26

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Is your trip necessary?

OWI No. 73. Government Printing Office # O-533555. Black & white photograph of a bus or train car which is overcrowded with passengers. Many of the passengers are servicemen in uniform. The rest are civilian men, women, and children.

GLC09520.27

1943

United States. War Savings Staff.

Poster

Title: For freedom's sake/buy war bonds

WSS 789-A. OWI - 35. Government Printing Office # O-514158. A small color poster by artist John Atherton (1900-1952) promoting war bonds. In the foreground is an image of the Concord Minute Man statue (a sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Concord, Massachusetts). In the background is a town landscape. Printed for Department of the Treasury.

GLC09520.28

1943

United States. Office of War Information

Poster

Title: Where our men are fighting/our food is fighting

Government Printing Office # O-506016. In the foreground, a crate of food is dropping via parachute. In the background are parachuting men.

GLC09520.29

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: United/United Nations fight for freedom

OWI No. 79. Government Printing Office # O-534058. Flags of the member nations of the United Nations wave amidst smoke of a bombardment, with military airplanes, ships and tanks in background.

GLC09520.30

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Save freedom of worship/buy war bonds

OWI No. 43. Government Printing Office O-510256. From the Four Freedoms series. Based on a painting form the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands together in prayer.

GLC09520.31

1943

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: Back the attack/buy war bonds

WSS No. 829. Government Printing Office O-537864. Poster by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977 ) depicting a battle scene. A soldier lies on the ground and holds his military rifle in a ready position. Several parachutes can be seen the sky above and descending around the soldier.

GLC09520.33

1945

United States. War Finance Division

Poster

Title: 7th war loan/now all together

Government Printing Office. Small color poster promoting the 7th War Loan. The painting by C. C. Beall is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, of the second American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.

GLC09520.34

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Ours..to fight for/freedom from fear

OWI No. 46. Government Printing Office O-511887. Based on a painting from the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. From the Four Freedoms series. Color poster of a mother and father tucking two children into bed. The father is holding glasses and a newspaper that reads "BOMBINGS KI- HORROR HIT."

GLC09520.35