August 16, 1910

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Archibald B. Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son in care of Captain Seth Bullock in Deadwood, South Dakota regarding family matters and his dislike of speaking tours because of the demands on his time. He also discusses his horse. He writes on The Outlook letterhead.

GLC01410.06

October 19, 1880

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. John Ramsay

Grant expresses the hope that New Jersey will vote for Garfield and Arthur, and keep the Democrats out. The letter mentions the impending Presidential election in New Jersey.

GLC01416

13 August 1856

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Document signed

Title: to the Senate

Based on a report from Captain M.C. Meigs, Pierce requests that the Senate appropriate $750,000 for "the Capitol extension."

GLC01188

April 30, 1808

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to William Pinkney

Discusses congressional proceedings, foreign affairs, the Chesapeake affair, British and French aggression, and the Embargo Act of 1807. A portion of the letter has been written in code and is translated in another hand. Letter signed as Secretary of State. Pinkney was the U.S. Minister to Great Britain.

GLC01191

18 May 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Lincoln endorsement on letter concerning the remains of Captain W. G. Hewins]

Lincoln note written on a letter by the Governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew, dated 13 May 1863 from Boston. The letter is addressed to "All Officers in Command, of the United States, or of Volunteers," asking that Mr. Gibbs, who is bringing home the remains of Captain W. G. Hewins, receive all proper courtesies while on his journey. Lincoln's signed note on the second page reads, "Secretary of War please see Mr. Gibbs, with this letter from Gov. Andrew." Also with an autograph note signed by Major General Joseph Hooker and dated 21 May 1863, to Colonel Ingalls requesting that he…

GLC01195

July 9, 1778

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Francis Barber

Letter addressed to Barber in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he was recovering from a wound received at the Battle of Monmouth. Washington instructs Barber to obtain intelligence on the British movements across the Hudson river in New York while in New Jersey. He informs that any expenses will be repaid. Washington expresses relief that Barber's wound is healing. He states that, "Tho I wish for your services, I would not have you to rejoin the Army before your condition will admit of it, with the most perfect safety." Text of the letter and the address are written in the hand of Washington'…

GLC01201

January 2, 1801

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Boylston Adams

Docketed on page 4. Written as President to his son about the Convention with France which averted war. Adams quotes from jurist Vattell and mentions Grotius and Pufendorf. Also, The Law of Nations (book by Emer de Vattell).

GLC01204

March 12, 1777

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Orders to submit a regimental return]

A working draft of a clerical copy of a circular letter from George Washington. These, or comparable, orders were given by George Washington on 12 March 1777 to various colonels of the Continental Army. (See Fitzpatrick and the GW Papers at the Library of Congress for numerous examples, which demonstrate slightly varied wording.) Instructs recipient to "march all the Recruits you have to Philadelphia, where they will be inoculated and receive farther Orders from the Commanding officers of that City ... Every Commanding officer should know where his inferior officers, and these where their…

GLC01205.04

February 5, 1841

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Stuart

Letter is written in blue ink. Discussing Illinois and Sangamon county politics, Lincoln says he and some others would like Bat Web (Edwin B. Webb) as District Attorney. He concludes by alluding to the "locos" (Democrats) in the upcoming congressional elections.

GLC01210

May 11, 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Curtis was replaced with Schofield in the Dept of the Missouri. Letter written on Executive Mansion stationery. Docketed on page 4 by Stanton.

GLC01211

October 24, 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Gen. David Hunter

Letter written after Frémont was relieved of duty. A draft in the hand of John Hay (Sec.) with corrections and an additional paragraph at the end in Lincoln's hand. Also, mentions command of Dept. of West & strategy suggestions.

GLC01212

1838-1866

Header Record

Title: Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]

Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.

GLC01233

September 25, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Ross

Protection of the Cherokee Indians against the Confederacy. Ross was the first and only elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation from the time it was formed until his death in 1866. He led the Eastern Cherokee in the "Trail of Tears" west of the Mississippi.

GLC01233.03

January 1, 1866

Dole, William P., 1818-1889

Letter signed

Title: to John Ross

Signed as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letter mentions Ross' meeting with Lincoln and the Cherokee Treaty.

GLC01233.04

1 August 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement on Simon Cameron telegram relaying the burning of Chambersburg]

Lincoln's reply on the recipient's copy of an August 1, 1864 telegram from former Secretary of War Simon Cameron, now chairman of the Committee of Safety, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Cameron informs Lincoln that the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 1864, calls for a change of commanders. He states that Union general Darius Couch is taking all the blame and is therefore useless; suggests giving Union general George Cadwalader the command and the troops will rally around him. Lincoln replies that he has submitted this request for the consideration of the Secretary of War,…

GLC01237

1835

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Book signed

Title: Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette

Title page continues: "Delivered at the request of both Houses of the Congress of the United States, before them, in the House of Representatives at Washington, on the 31st December, 1834." Published by Gales and Seaton. Signed by Adams and inscribed to Gayton P. Osgood. Cover is contemporary ribbed red morocco.

GLC01238

January 2, 1848

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B.S. Schoonover

Buchanan discusses his presidential prospects and thanks Schoonover profusely for his support. Describes at length the faithfulness and devotion the people of Pennsylvania have shown him over the years. Mentions that if it was up to him, he would not have sought out the presidency but the support for his nomination was so great that he could not avoid it. He expresses his surprise at learning that Governor Francis Shunk's administration would oppose his nomination since he had exerted all his influence to get the governor elected. Comments that it seems General Lewis Cass and himself will be…

GLC01239

1863-1864

Leslie, Joseph, fl. 1863-1864

Diary

Title: [Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]

Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners with him. Includes several pages of Libby Prison expenses/accounting of what he paid for crackers, paper, tobacco, bread, onions, soap, and other items. There are nine pages of Union and Confederate generals who died or were killed in action with their place of death including, Chantilly, Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilsons Creek, Shiloh, Manassas, Vicksburg, Corinth, Perryville, etc. At the back are 12 pages of poetry and verse Leslie composed while in Libby…

GLC01185

4 March 1861

J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880

Newspaper

Title: Richmond daily dispatch--extra. [no volume or number information (March 4, 1861)]

Same-day "Extra" printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address; the concluding portion of the speech is not printed. Also: Paragraph criticizing Lincoln for secretly passing through Baltimore (dubbed "Lincoln's pass over"). Report from Capt. Foster at Fort Moultrie; another report of 2 Dahlgren guns arriving in Charleston from Richmond, with more munitions on the way. On verso "Lincoln inaugural" is written in ink.

GLC01186

May 19, 1826

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles F. Mercer

Acknowledges the letter from Mercer by Mr. Hawkins. States he is satisfied with the work of the Committee of Claims in the House of Representatives on his refund requests from his time overseas. Discusses possible publication of the documents pertaining to his claims. In the postscript he qualifies his desperate financial state: "In fact I have been plac'd in a situation, fraught with so many difficulties & delicacies, that I have not known how to act in it." Recipient inferred from handwriting of docket, which is the same as a docket on GLC01134, a letter from Monroe to Mercer. Letter…

GLC01192

July 9, 1813

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Armstrong

Harrison makes an urgent request to the Secretary of War Armstrong for medical supplies to be sent to Cleveland, Ohio. Also asks that all liquor shipments be sent with a "dry-barrel" because "Experience has long since convinced all those in the western Country" that it is the only way to prevent its plunder. Letter written during the Siege of Fort Meigs. Numbered "No. 72."

GLC01193

September 4, 1838

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Gales, Jr.

Previously received one hundred copies of a pamphlet, sent by a Mr. Franklin. Only recently had time to revise it, and transmits his corrections. Notes that he will free frank the pamphlets, saving Mr. Franklin the trouble. The Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society at New York recently asked for permission to print an edition of a speech Adams gave the previous summer. Adams notes that since there is no copyright, "it may be reprinted by any one who may think it worth his while."

GLC01194

January 1862

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Estimate of funds required for the service of the Quartermasters Department at the District of Cairo by A. S. Baxter A. Q. Master in the month of January 1862.

Report on funds needed by the Quartermaster for expenses including feed, forage, straw, stationery and hire of laborer. The required funds total $100,500.00. Written, prepared and signed by Baxter. Also signed by Grant, as Brigadier General, approving the estimate.

GLC01196

July 23, 1817

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Regarding the establishment of the University of Virginia, Jefferson writes to set a meeting for handling donations to "our subscription paper" and discusses the details of arranging a meeting. Among those also contacted for the meeting were Joseph C. Cabell, General John H. Cocke, and a Mr. Watson.

GLC01198

February 5, 1860

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norman B. Judd

Docketed by Judd on verso. Written by Lincoln as Presidential candidate at a time of revelations of old anti-Lincoln statements by Judd. Letter mentions the upcoming presidential campaign.

GLC01214