1854/07/14

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of William Smith (c/s Wm. L. Marcy)

Smith was convicted of "maltreatment of a seaman on board of the ship Golden Racer." Countersigned by William L. Marcy.

GLC06937

1835/12/10

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Letter

Title: to Benjamin Pierce re: postscripts on letter of B.K., Gen. Jackson & his cabinet

Two postscripts by Frnaklin and a Free Frank (as member of Congress) written on the letter of his brother B.K. Pierce to their father Benjamin. "Genl. [Andew] Jackson... stands second to no man... but the situation in the Cabinet... Genl. J. has vetoes."

GLC06938

1869/12/22

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of William W. Copper (c/s Hamilton Fish)

Convicted of counterfeiting

GLC06942

1929/02/22

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cornelius Greenway re: advice on education, work, etc.

Thanking Greenway for his note and writing "If my saying that the best thing students can do is to work hard and improve themselves has been of any help to you I am glad I thought to say it..." On White House stationery.

GLC06946

1789/10/17

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 54 (October 17, 1789)]

Regarding the quorum obtained in the First Session of Senate; votes for President and Vice-President counted; with mention of George Washington's first tour. Disbound, leaves are now separate.

GLC06959.02

1791/01/26

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no. 78 (January 26, 1791)]

Concerning the proclamation by Washington and Jefferson defining the boundaries of the "Federal City on the Potomac" and Hamilton's closing remarks in a report on public credit. Two sheets, no longer joined.

GLC06960

1798/05/08

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: Thanking the citizens of New Brunswick, NJ for his reception

"I have constantly received... in New Brunswick, so much hospitality, civility, and friendship, that the candor and good will of these resolutions to me are nothing surprising."

GLC06928.01

1797/11/08 ca.

Neilson, John, fl. 1787-1797

Autograph document

Title: Address of the Citizens of New Brunswick [given at Adams' reception]

GLC06928.03

1798/08/29

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Document signed

Title: Appointment of commissioner Elijah Brigham (c/s Pickering)

c/s Timothy Pickering. His appointment was "to provide for the valuation of land and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States."

GLC06929

1798/10/22

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: re: permitting French ship to depart U.S. during undeclared Quasi-War

This document grants a French ship permission to depart the U.S. en route to a French slave colony, St. Domingo, during the undeclared naval war with France. The text is written in the hand of Timothy Pickering.

GLC06930

1783/06/26

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Dumas re: attempts at patience during Treaty of Paris negotiations

"There is a species of witchcraft [that] governs in England that keeps them from knowing their own minds- and a similar malignant spirit reigns in America and prevents us from getting any intelligence from there... It is now 6 months that I have been waiting in expectation that the next week would bring me something certain." Damaged with losses affecting text at bottom edge and right margin of pages 1 and 2.

GLC06931

1800/05/26

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Document signed

Title: Virginia court procedures for appointing Justices of the Peace

Printed document signed. Paper losses due to ink decay

GLC06932

1837/03/24

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James A. Caldwell re: financial matters

Buchanan also mentions servants, and to make sure that the "little black man who blacked my boots" is paid.

GLC06939

1915/03/22

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Editor of the Herald

Of the matter Roosevelt comments, "There is something cheap and unpleasant to high-minded Americans in seeing their fellow countrymen go abroad to look on at the agony." With Roosevelt's autograph underlinings and additions.

GLC06945

1832/10/20

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Helm re: buying slaves and speculating on election results

"We have cheering political news from Penns[ylvani]a, demonstrating that the state has left [Andrew] Jackson." Clipped on left margin with loss to salutation and addressee. Written from Henry Clay's estate, Ashland, in Lexington, Kentucky.

GLC06947

1865/11/14

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: G.O. no. 62 printing Lincoln's order for observing the Sabbath

Quoting George Washington. Signed by J. K. Wood.

GLC06783.07

1977/01/06

Carter, James E., 1924-?

Typed letter signed

Title: to Matthew Rinaldo re: pardon for Vietnam Draft Evaders

Written on personal stationery and signed "Jimmy." In part: "I appreciate your comments asking me to reconsider my decision to issue a pardon for Vietnam draft evaders, and am sorry we disagree on this matter." Renaldo was a member of Congress.

GLC06787

1863/09/03

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to D. M. Leatherman re: claim on land of a Confederate soldier

Responding to a claim upon land in Memphis, Tenn., owned by a man in the rebel service. Lincoln writes in part: "The Impropriety of bringing such cases to me is obvious to any one who will consider that I could not properly act on any case without understanding it, and that I have neither the means nor time to obtain such understanding."

GLC06788

1843/02/17

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

Jackson believes Clay is the author of "The Kentuckian on Martial Law". "Can anyone doubt but that Clay is.... 'Behind' ....This dirty, unmanly, and unjust proceeding?" A pencil note on p. 3 "in relation to my asking to be named as Coll[ector]" (see .07).

GLC06789.06

1843/02/27

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

"....I think St. Anna has too much wisdom not to treat these men as prisoners of war, as any other course would arouse the whole civilised world against such barbarity...."

GLC06789.09

1814/11/28

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the Joint Committee... for the Library of Mr. Jefferson

Report of members of Congress concerning the library of Thomas Jefferson, which the retired president had offered to the country to replace that destroyed by the British when they burned the capitol in 1814. Jefferson's library became the core of the Library of Congress. Printed by Weightman.

GLC06792

1772/10/28

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: Purchasing land bordering Mt. Vernon from Charles West

Printed document, with text filled out and also signed in text by Washington. Witnessed by Robert Burwell and John Fitzhugh.

GLC06793

1865/06/22

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Francis Smith for rebellion (c/s William Hunter, Acting Sec. of State)

With MS note on his taking oath that pardon will take affect when Smith takes oath, including provision against slavery. Countersigned by William Hunter as Acting Sec. of State.

GLC06794

1873/03/27

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

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix seal to warrant for pardon of Benjamin J. Harrison

(Not the president)

GLC06801

1953/01/15

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Manuscript document signed

Title: Press release of last Presidential Address

Signed on page 2. Printed front and back. Discusses events of his presidency including the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the end of WWII and Korea. "I suppose that history will remember my term...as the years when the "Cold War" began to overshadow our lives."

GLC06802