1798/01/17

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President [re: ratification of the 11th Amendment]

"Message from the President... Concerning the suability of states, in pursuance of a Resolution of the two houses, of the second of March last." First edition, printed by order of the House of Representatives.

GLC05161

1861 ca.

Fredericks & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: [Richard Yates]

Inlaid on paper.

GLC05177

1860 ca.

Photograph

Title: Republican "Wide-Awake," sixth-plate ruby glass ambrotype, election of 1860

Depicts a serious young man in a waterproof cap and cape, holding an oil torch. The image has been painted to suggest light from the torch. The "wide awakes" led processions supporting Lincoln in the election of 1860. Nevins "Emergence of Lincoln" p. 305 describes such a procession in New York. (Underneath the ambrotype in its case is a printed notice: "Photography, 1839-1889. From the Collection of Albert Raborn Phillips, Jr. 1940.")

GLC05187

1840/03/22

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William C. Bryant re: seeking re-election of Martin Van Buren

"The interest of the country requires him [Van Buren] to be re-elected."

GLC05264.01

1862/07/17

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: Act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade.

An act of Parliament effecting the 7 April 1862 treaty between Great Britain and the United States .

GLC05112.01

1863/06/29

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: Act to carry into effect an additional article to..[a previous] treaty

An act of Parliament to add additional provisions to the 7 April 1862 treaty between Great Britain and the United States suppressing the African slave trade. Passed on 17 July 1862.

GLC05112.02

1850/05/24

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Letter signed

Title: to Phillippa W. Carothers re: denying request for military land grant

Denying request for military land grant because services of her father were not "of such a nature as to entitle his heirs to the bounty of the government"

GLC05351

1841/07/27

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. H. Carroll re: fight in Senate regarding "White Charleys" and "Saddle Men"

GLC05464

1795/02/18

United States. Congress

Pamphlet

Title: A Bill... for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia...

"A Bill to Provide for the Organization, Arming, and Disciplining the Militia of the United States" Printed by Francis Childs.

GLC05352

1852/06/26

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

Autograph letter

Title: to George E. Shepley et al. re: political views about the upcoming election

To George E. Shepley, Nathan Clifford, A. W. Clapp & others. Political views on the upcoming election: "The first time that New England has had a democratic candidate for the Presidency"

GLC05455

1853/05/15

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: his candidacy and internal policy

GLC05459

1863/11/16

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to letter to Pope Pius IX [credence for Rufus King]

Rufus King's credence as ambassador to the Holy See.

GLC05526

February 9, 1825

Clayton, Thomas, 1778-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Delaware's Senator Clayton communicates the House of Representatives election of John Quincy Adams to the presidency.

GLC05536

1808, 1818

Bowdoin, James Temple, 1776-1842

Book signed

Title: Debates, resolutions and other proceedings of the Convention of... Massachusetts

Debates of the state convention in 1789 to ratify the Constitution. Printed by Oliver & Munroe, and Joshua Cushing. Signed and dated on titlepage by Bowdoin in 1818. Ex-Barlow copy with plate; Ex-Clements Library.

GLC05509

1863/02/20

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: Message of the President [re: Treaty of New Echota between US & Cherokee]

Offering Confederate recognition of the treaty of New Echota between the U. S. and Cherokees of North Carolina.

GLC05521

1774/03/24

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Committee of Correspondence of Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Writing on behalf of Boston's Committee of Correspondence, Cooper gives comments on the opinion of Bostonians regarding tea sold without tax.

GLC05537

1784/08/10

Ellery, William, 1727-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Asks his correspondent to deliver a letter. Requests that he be sent an act from his correspondent's state concerning interstate import duties. Discusses Rhode Island's opposition to impost duties called for by Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Remarks that he is looking to western territory for resources to diminish the public debt.

GLC05538

1794/07/19

Irvine, William, 1741-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Denny

Discusses a dispute between the United States and the Six Nations over land. Contends that "there is nothing in the Constitution...that gives the Legislature much less the Executive a shadow of Power to cede...a single foot of ground, the territory right of soil or jurisdiction of any state." Criticized Israel Chapin, an Indian agent to the Iroquois, for telling citizens of Pennsylvania to "quit their lawfull business" and "flattering the savages with a hope that this ground is to be relinquished." Discusses how to maintain peace, commenting on the power of the governor and…

GLC05542

22 November [1880]

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter

Title: to Nahum Capen

Written and signed by Varina Davis, for her husband. Discusses the founding and failure of the "first Confederacy" and the "dispersion of His chosen people." Davis argues that if their example had been followed, perhaps there would not have been a Civil War. He hopes that the Union can be returned to its founding principles but fears the nation has become "an example to be avoided not followed." Davis then questions the presidential candidacy of James A. Garfield, citing that he is charged with "an offence, an indictment for which could only be successfully answered by pleading the Statue…

GLC05508.083

1909/06/28

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to R.U. Johnson re: free art amendment to tariff bill

Taft proposes that he will most likely be able to prevent the free art amendment from being altered in committee. He does state, however, that the 20 year proviso might not be as detrimental to the bill as Johnson might think.

GLC07896

1835/09/04

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to T. Grover et. al.

Jackson refuses to send a copy of a letter in which he describes his feelings of Pennsylvania Governor Wolf on the grounds that doing so would interfere with a state election, and thus goes against his personal beliefs.

GLC07902

1868/06/22

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: John L. Martin.

Democratic nomination and political beliefs.

GLC07919

[1795 ca.]

Clymer, George, 1739-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to city commissioners

Seeking reimbursement for an advance. On the verso of the letter there is a draft, also in Clymer's hand, of an unrelated document; it seems he was just reusing this paper to send his letter to the commissioners and that the scrap of autograph text on the verso is to be ignored.

GLC07885

1758/12/29

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Letter signed

Title: to William Lyttelton re: raising troops for French and Indian War

GLC07889

1759/02/05

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Letter signed

Title: to William Lyttelton re: command of British fleet in North America

GLC07890