1829/02/16 ca.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph manuscript

Title: Draft response to notification of election as President

"I accept the office given me by the free & unbiased suffrage, of a virtuous people, with feelings of the highest gratitude."

GLC07657

1790/01/31

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gov. Hancock re: praise for the Republican form of government

"The result of my reflections on republics are, that they are more productive of happiness, and an enlargement of the human mind, than any other sort of Government."

GLC07659

1822/08/18

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sir Charles Morgan re: current political revolutions in Europe

GLC07660

1789/05/11

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Madam" re: descriptions of Paris and the opening of States General

"I had the Honor to be present on the fifth of this Month at the opening of the States General. A Spectacle more solemn to the mind, than gaudy to the Eye."

GLC07662

1839/12/09

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

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

GLC07678

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

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

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

1862/04/04

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade

GLC07751

1845/09/27

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal attesting to Alabama Act

GLC07761

1837/12/30

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Mary Scott, convicted of stealing

GLC07766

1865/04/15

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Document

Title: General Orders no. 51

GLC07746

1915/11/08

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry A. W. Wood re: a speech by President Wilson

GLC07756

1863/06/29

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

Letter signed

Title: Circular letter appointing James M. Lovering receiver of draft commutation money

GLC07758

1871/01/23

Rainey, Joseph Hayne, 1832-1887

Manuscript document signed

Title: re: subscriptions for G.W. Julian speech "The Land Question"

GLC07772

1836/07/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: Authorization for Richard Rush to prosecute claim to the Smithsonian bequest

GLC07787

1793/05/06

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel Appleton re: attachment of stocks in the loan office

Addressed to Appleton as Commissioner of Loans, Boston.

GLC07794

1860 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Lincoln campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.01

1860 ca.

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Douglas campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.02

1860 ca.

Bell, John, 1797-1869

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Bell campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.03

1860 ca.

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Breckinridge campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.04

1788/03/16

Hastings, Jon, fl. 1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: mail lost during Constitution ratification proceedings

GLC07770

1932/12/21

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Nita Patton re: comments on Catholicism and actions of Congress

GLC07771

1864/10/02

Beech, John D., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Dear Mother" re: 1864 election

Jenness, George Bennings

GLC07791

1825/08/02

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John F. Parrott re: papers given in Senate on Colombian Slave trade treaty

GLC07792