1954/05/17

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

Pamphlet signed

Title: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education. Inscribed to Peter H. Brandt.

The Supreme Court's Decision declaring segregated schools unconstitutional.

GLC07940

1864/02/16

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Order.

Punishment of deserter William J. Chandler of Penn. Vols. on Executive Mansion stationary.

GLC07942

1864/04/12 ca.

Powell, Governor L., fl. 1864

Autograph note signed

Title: To: Abraham Lincoln.

Kentucky Governor Powell requested allowance of Confederate POW's to take the oath of Dec. 8th, including prisoners at Camp Chase, Johnson's Island, Camp Douglas, etc. With note and signature from Lincoln: "Excepting commissioned officers... let the within mentioned prisoners take the oath of December 8th, 1863 and be discharged." List of prisoners on verso.

GLC07943

1794/09/20

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: To: Thomas Mifflin.

Hamilton threatens to send militia to Pennsylvania to quell whiskey rebellion.

GLC07920

1864/02/23

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: To: Anson Burlingame.

Authorizing Anson Burlingame to negotiate with Chinese to modify treaty article.

GLC07924

1851/11/06

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: James M.H. Beale.

Forney, a pro-slavery candidate, was "in favor of the maintenance and faithful execution of the fugitive slave laws...and of the suppression of all further agitation of the slavery question."

GLC07927

1833/08/28

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tilghman Ashurst Howard

Constitution, slavery, banking, methods of electing the President: "If I can...only succeed in banishing...corrupting influences...on the Constitution and [attempts] to make the government an engine of oppression to the people instead of the agent of their will..."

GLC07931

1828/01/18

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: J[ames] Heaton, Esq.

William Henry Harrison's desire for the Vice Presidential nomination in the upcoming election.

GLC07941

1785/02/24

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: To: King George III.

Establishing diplomatic ties with England. Letter of credentials. A true copy in Adams' hand, with clerical copies of Adams' appointment and William Smith's appointment.

GLC07946

1777/03

Lyndon, Josias, fl. 1777

Pamphlet

Title: Declaration of Independence.

Early official printing for Rhode Island, with signers' names.

GLC07948

1776/08/01

Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789

Manuscript document signed

Title: Meeting of the secret committee of the state of New York

The resolutions of the meeting state that the committe should purchase as many cables and anchors as possible; and also that Robert R. Livingston is to be sent down to New York to consult with "the General" on matters of defense. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04358

1866/08/20

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to proclamation declaring the end of war in Texas.

Ending of the Civil War.

GLC07950.01

1867/10/07

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Instructing William Seward to affix the seal to a proclamation

Correcting a previous proclamation of 20 August 1866.

GLC07950.02

1811/06/21

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Elbridge Gerry.

Growing crisis between the U.S. and Great Britain-marked "private."

GLC07951

February 10, 1776

Payne, Benjamin, 1728-1782

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Respective Committees of Inspection of the Several Towns on the Road Between Hartford and Cambridge

Also signed by Samuel Wadsworth and George Smith, all on behalf of the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Hartford. Indicates that the bearer of this letter will have two brass artillery pieces to be delivered to George Washington in Cambridge, for the use of the Continental Army. Requests a receipt and asks that care be taken to avoid damage to the cannons and harnesses.

GLC02437.00250

1818/04/15

Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William C. Bradley

Discusses the appointment of a congressional committee to investigate expenditures made in executing the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent and their report. The committee was formed in response to reports of waste. Comments on the efforts of a Mr. Allen to have negative parts of the report pertaining to the fifth article removed. Discusses the reading of a confidential letter to the committee by John Holmes that was critical of the expenditures, which Crafts made a copy of (see GLC05634.03). Believes Holmes wants to supplant the man originally appointed…

GLC05634.04

1814/03/06

Wilson, John, 1777-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses his efforts to obtain a presidential appointment to an unspecified post for Hobart.

GLC06313.04.033

1821/02/03

Van Ness, Cornelius P., 1782-1852

Printed document

Title: [Report on the progress and expenditures of the Commissioners regarding the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent]

The fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent pertained to the establishment of various parts of the boundary between the United States and Canada. Van Ness was the commissioner for the section of the boundary outlined in article five and Peter B. Porter was the commissioner for the section outlined in articles six and seven. The report ends with a printed letter from Van Ness to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams regarding the execution of article five.

GLC05634.02

1818/03/26

Turner, Charles, 1760-1839

Manuscript letter

Title: to John Holmes

Reports on his activities assisting in the execution of the part of the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent pertaining to the settlement of an United States-Canada border in the east. Discusses several problems with the enterprise, being at odds with government agents, and the various suggestions he made. Submits his ideas for Holmes to make use of as he sees fit and asks they be kept confidential. Fears becoming a scapegoat. Holmes had been appointed a commissioner to divide the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay between the United States and Great Britain. Turner was a Massachusetts state…

GLC05634.03

1818/04

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution of the Select Committee on the execution of the Treaty of Ghent]

Copy of a declaration including a letter in the report of the Select Committee investigating the expenditures made in the execution of the part of the Treaty of Ghent fixing the boundary line between Maine and Canada. The letter, written by Charles Turner, was critical of the execution of the treaty (see GLC05634.03). Also resolves "That the Select Committee be discharged from further considering the said report." Addressed to Cornelius P. Van Ness in Burlington, Vermont.

GLC05634.05

1863/09/23

Harrison, Samuel J., fl. 1855-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Steven R. Mallory

Letter of introduction and requesting permission for Edward R. Archer to go before a tribunal examination. "The bearer, Mr. E.R. Archer has been duly appointed by the Board of Directors of this company (Virginia Volunteer Navy Company) 1st Assistant Engineer, and we propose to send him with Captain Stiles, who will go abroad on our business about the 1st Proximo. You will please do us the favor to permit him to go before the proper tribunal for examination." Dockets on verso show that Archer was examined for the position of First Assistant Engineer by Chief Engineer Quinn at the Richmond…

GLC01896.061

1863/09/26

Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873

Letter signed

Title: to Edward R. Archer

Certifies Archer's examination and commissioned appointment as First Assistant Engineer in the Virginia Volunteer Navy.

GLC01896.062

1863/09/26

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Letter signed

Title: to Edward R. Archer

Letter of transit written for Archer granting him permission to sail from any Confederate port to Europe. Written on offical paper with "Confederate States of America, War Department" letterhead. Seddon was Confederate secretary of war. On the attached integral leaf is an autograph endorsement signed by William Henry Chase Whiting (1824-1865), a Confederate major general who, at the time, was in charge of keeping open the port of Wilmington, North Carolina.

GLC01896.063

1863/11/02

Palacios, Cipriano, fl. 1850-1860

Document signed

Title: [Passport] [in Spanish]

Passport, in Spanish, granted to Edward R. Archer for travel without hindrance from Nassau to Havana aboard "la Goleta Lola." Green Spanish stamp on verso with docket. Palacios was Mexican consul in the Bahamas. Written from the Port of Nassau, in the Bahamas.

GLC01896.064

1863/11/06

Jeffery, Richard W., fl. 1855-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron [Jeffery]

Requests that Aaron always write "...as fully as you did in the last letter," and praises him for deciding not to take Ann out of school to save money. Richard promises that as soon as he is able he will send money to help the family out--enclosing twenty dollars in this letter. He admits that his "extravagance and high prices" have kept him from saving any of his pay. Goes on to speculate that the "Yankees will demolish Sumter if they can but thus far their ability has not been equal to their desire," even though their artillery daily kills and wounds some of the garrison. Richard frets…

GLC01896.065