21 June 1885

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. F. Giles [?]

Last name of recipient is illegible. Takes responsibility for his former law partner's death at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain under Sherman's command. "McCook was my law partner and I caused his death. I have already written his child the exact truth...." Informs that he is trying to obtain an appointment for the orphaned daughter of McCook. Describes a dilemma Ulysses S. Grant relayed to him during his presidency. Grant apparently agreed to find a position for a veteran fired by his postmaster General Creswell, but was not aware the former soldier was severely disabled by war wounds…

GLC06340

1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Header Record

Title: Archive of designs, drawings, studies, and sketches for entrance to NYSE, statues, memorials, correspondence, etc. [decimalized: .001-.370, .210b]

This archive consists mostly of drawings and sketches, although there is some typescript and manuscript material as well. For the fine art items, most were previously mounted and bound into scrapbooks. Most of the scrapbooks have been dismounted and disbound by Christie's so that now the items are individual, housed in folders which are in turn housed 3 archival clamshell boxes. Arrangement: The fine art items come first; they are arranged in order of priority as determined by Christie's. Following the fine art items are the typescript and manuscript materials, as well as some fine art…

GLC06343

6 November 1772

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Survey for distribution of land among Virginia veterans of French and Indian War]

Crawford's survey of lands west of the Ohio and Great Kanawha Rivers. Signed by William Crawford. At the bottom, Crawford writes the names of five "sworn Chairmen and Markers." Washington adds his faded seven line autograph note on verso.

GLC06346

17 April 1865

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Pardon of George Carroll by Andrew Johnson]

Convicted of highway robbery. Pardoned because he was immature at the time of the crime, he had reformed and repented, and the pardon was recommended by many respected citizens. (c/s William Hunter, Acting Secretary of State)

GLC06351

6 May 1833

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Stephen H. Long's improvement in the construction of boilers or steam generators, and of wheels for locomotive steam engines]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Edward Livingston as Secretary of State and Roger Brooke Taney as Attorney General. Contains a seal and yellow ribbon.

GLC06367

7 July 1858

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John J. Crittenden

Lincoln heard that Crittenden was going to write letters in support of Stephen Douglas for the Senate and Thomas L. Harris for the House of Representatives. Lincoln thinks this action would not be in Crittenden's character and asks him to pursue a "hands off" position for the election. Lincoln does not seek a letter supporting his candidacy, and requests that he be informed if Crittenden decides to give public endorsement to Douglas and Harris. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 483 - 489.

GLC06324

February 12, 1819

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tench Coxe

Notes the receipt of the printed addition to Coxe's memoir on cotton and agrees with his ideas. Discusses the nation's agricultural prospects for cotton, grain, and tobacco, in regard to rival markets ("Britain seems intent on supplanting our cotton staple in her market") and political conditions in Europe. Indicates that he will ask Thomas Jefferson to review Coxe's article.

GLC06325

August 1794

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Draft introductory letter to French government]

Written by Monroe as American Minister to France, shortly after his arrival in the republic in August 1794. He replaced Gouverneur Morris. A draft of his introductory letter presenting his credentials and affirming his "profound interest which the government and people of America take in the success and prosperity of the French Republic." Expresses extreme pleasure with his assignment and expects relations between the two nations to improve.

GLC06326

21 May 1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. Copper

Sherman defends the terms of surrender he gave to General Joseph Johnston, discussing his "Memorandum" (i.e., Johnston's surrender agreement), and claiming the document was written "quickly." Sherman writes that "Sam [U.S. Grant] never saw or heard about it." He further notes that it was "a mere naked memorandum for the new President [Andrew Johnson] to manipulate and give me what I had a right to ask some definite idea of the status of the surrendered army." Sherman claims that he didn't think it would be publicized. Written in a camp near Alexandria, Virginia, on stationary marked "Head-…

GLC06334

January 22, 1863

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Schuyler Hamilton

Grant, Commander of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, discusses the organization of guns in preparation for the siege of Vicksburg. Also instructs Hamilton regarding gathering troops at Memphis, Tennessee and Corinth, Mississippi.

GLC06349

January 26, 1862

Smith, John, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Smith

Reveals his anti-Lincoln sentiment, and discusses hardships due to war. Smith, an ardent secessionist, writes to his son Thomas. Mentions hardship, the number who have died for "The Cause," scarcity of money and provisions from "Lincoln's war." He says that he does not have long to live. "Times are hard here, money scarce, provisions high but plenty. I think we have passed through the tightest place in Lincoln's war but if we have not I for one am willing to suffer on, even unto death rather than submit. But to be conquered and have no fears they may and doubtless will do us a vast injury…

GLC06370

22 April 1852

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Johanna Foley, alias Johanna O'Conne, convicted of bigamy].

GLC06048

February 13, 1815

United States. Congress

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions reported by the military committee, expressive of the high sense entertained by Congress, of the patriotism and good conduct of the people of Louisiana and New Orleans, during the late military operations before that city.

Published by Roger Chew Weightman, congressional printer. States that Senator William Branch Giles, a member of the committee on military affairs, read the included resolutions, expressing the patriotism of Louisiana citizens in the Battle of New Orleans. Praises New Orleans citizens for offering accommodation to their own and enemy soldiers. States that President James Madison will be requested to inform William Charles C. Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana, of the meritorious conduct of New Orleans citizens.

GLC06078

25 September 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: General Orders No. 141

Signed as official by Assistant Adjutant General, E.D. Townsend. States that "all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to rebels against the authority of the United States, shall be subject to martial law ... " Also informs that the writ of habeas corpus is suspended for all persons arrested.

GLC06099

12 August 1899

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Charles Anderson, who was covicted of selling liquor to Indians]

Anderson was pardoned by McKinley. Countersigned by James E. Bayard, acting Attorney General. includes seal.

GLC06105

29 June 1864

Joy, George, fl. 1785-1795

Newspaper

Title: North Carolina times. [Vol. 1, no. 47 (June 29, 1864)]

Union-occupation newspaper. Masthead motto reads "Liberty and Union - Now and Forever - One and Inseparable." Front page prints recently passed U.S. laws, including acts to provide trials for minor offences and to incorporate homes for women and children. Editorial titled "The Doomed City" describes events in Virginia and details the state's transgressions, including its endorsement of the massacre of colored troops at Fort Pillow. Describes the late reconnaissance toward Kinston. "Affairs About Petersburg." Interesting reminiscence about George Washington's last vote. Ink manuscript notes…

GLC06107.14

15 April 1865

Broadside

Title: Dispatch! Extra. Death of the President

Newspaper clipping reports that President Lincoln is dead. Falsely announces that Secretary Seward has also been murdered. Includes information on the plotting of the assassination.

GLC06107.38

14 March 1863

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (March 14, 1863)]

Prints Lincoln's famous letter to the workingmen of Manchester. Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.02

1860

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

Book

Title: Lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.

Contains life of Lincoln by W. D. Howells and life of Hamlin by John L. Hayes. Published in New York by W.A. Townsend & Co., and in Columbus, Ohio by Follett, Foster & Co. Illustrated with portraits and image of Chicago Republican wigwam.

GLC06057

25 June 1862

Shober, William A., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Quincy semi-weekly dispatch [Vol. 2, no. 1 (June 25, 1862)]

Necessity newspaper from Florida, with accounts of J.E.B. Stewart's ride around McClellan's army, Benjamin Butler's atrocities in New Orleans, Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, also discussion of an "Emancipation Measure" on page 4. Mentions that Jubal Early was made a major general and that Abraham Lincoln visited Fredericksburg. Includes the latest news by telegram on page 2-3 as well as a call for volunteers for a partisan group. Page 4 has an article titled "Who is 'Gov.' Johnson?" which provides a short biography of Andrew Johnson. Advertisements on last two pages. Signature…

GLC06063

12 August 1876

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Pamphlet

Title: Letters of Col. Mosby and John Tyler Jr.

Reprints a letter from Mosby to a former confederate comrade in reply to one urging him to support the democratic candidate in the presidential election of 1876, Samuel Tilden. Mosby writes that he will support Republicans Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler. "I thought you knew that I ceased to be a Confederate soldier about eleven years ago, and became a citizen of the United States... the reconstruction measures necessarily divided parties in the South on a color line, for the issue they presented was the political equality of the races." Also includes a letter entitled, "An…

GLC06076

1797

Irvine, William, 1741-1804

Book signed

Title: View of the conduct of the Executive, in foreign affairs....

Written by James Monroe. Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache. "View of the conduct of the Executive, in foreign affairs, of the United States, connected with the mission to the French Republic... 1794, 5 & 6." In original paper boards with contemporary inscription "Monroe" on spine. Signed by Irvine on p.iii.

GLC06085

24 May 1884

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred

Discusses his finances. Mentions that he is building two houses in St. Louis and another in Illinois. Writes about his determination to stay out of politics and Ulysses S. Grant's financial troubles. "Every day's development of the Grant affair makes [me] more and more content with myself in having resisted every temptation to embark on speculation... As to the politics I am equally content. In war the country may command my service -- in peace no... I would see Tilden, Jeff Davis or the Devil President -- all about alike -- before I would subject myself to the torture." Docketed on top…

GLC06088

1788

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document

Title: Convention between his most Christian majesty and the United States of America

[Title continued] "For the Purpose of Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of their Respective Consuls and Vice Consuls." Agreement between France and the U.S. With stamp of New Jersey Historical Society. Printed the convention in two columns. Docket on blank. Said to have been printed by Des Pierres.

GLC06093

1864

National Union Executive Committee

Broadside

Title: How the war commenced, and how near it is ended.

Campaign broadside that includes a map showing the expansion of Union military control in the South. Includes paragraphs headed "Who commenced the War?" and "Have we made any Progress in Crushing the Rebellion?" The text underneath the map attacks the Peace Democrats by demonstrating that the rebels started the war, and that the current administration has made considerable progress. It cites numerous figures to prove the progress. Asserts that, "To-day not a rebel foot-step profanes the soil of the Loyal States, except that of a prisoner of war." Published by the National Union Executive…

GLC06100