7 June 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Patrick Joyce Jr. and John Handley, convicted of larceny].

On March 1866, Patrick Joyce Jr. and John Handley were convicted of larceny, sentenced to serve a one year imprisonment. Pardon was requested by the Mayor of Washington and a large number of respectable citizens Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC01476

December 4, 1786

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Refers to Washington's resignation as head of the Order of the Cincinnati. Describes a settlement he left after receiving a request to take command of the Massachusetts state militia, which was needed to suppress Shays' Rebellion. In response to a question from Washington, Lincoln discusses Shays' Rebellion in detail: the anger it is arousing, its causes, his expectation of bloodshed, the role of debt, and the rebellions current advantages. He writes that "In Short the want of industry economy & common honesty Seem to be the causes of the present commotions." Includes a postscript note…

GLC01478

November 7, 1786

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Washington writes to Lincoln asking for a report on Shays's rebellion. He writes "Are your people getting mad?"

GLC01479

June 30, 1881

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Telegram

Title: to wife

Manuscript telegram entirely in the hand of the telegrapher, concerning personal matters. Written on Executive Mansion Telegram stationery. Telegram to wife, in clerical hand, 2 days before being shot.

GLC01480

April 20, 1813

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Monroe

Letter written in his neatest hand. Adams thanks Secretary of State Monroe for a favorable report concerning his son's diplomatic service, at St. Petersburg, and alluding to the appointment of his son to peace commissioner. John Quincy had been appointed peace commissioner on April 17, with Russia as mediator between the U.S. and Britain, but the attempt proved abortive. However, young Adams remained and was eventually part of the peace commission the negotiated at Ghent. John Adams seems to be recalling his own diplomatic service during the Revolution as a peace commissioner and how it…

GLC01481

August 18, 1807

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Caesar A. Rodney

Letter written as President to his Attorney General. Recipient from address leaf. Free franked. Written in Monticello. Discusses transmitting documents for trial of Aaron Burr.

GLC01483

8 October 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Authority to affix the seal to letter of marque to R. B. Forbes]

Authorization signed by President Lincoln for the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a letter of marque granted to the propeller "Pembroke," owned by R.B. Forbes. Document was previously framed and discoloration has occured where the document was exposed to the sunlight.

GLC01484

February 4, 1926

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed manuscript signed

Title: [Analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates]

One typed document created by William H. Taft dated February 4, 1926. Pertains to the debate of slavery between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Two lines inserted in Taft's hand on page 14 and numerous other corrections. Signed and dated by Taft on the last page.

GLC01488

1 June 1826

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Printed document signed

Title: [Commission of James W. Ripley as Captain in the Fourth Regiment of Artillery]

Engraved document signed by Adams as president and countersigned by James Barbour as secretary of war. Includes a paper seal. A note on the side signed by "R. Jones" indicated that it was "Registered Vol: 2 page 59" in the attorney general's office. Ripley later became a general in the Civil War.

GLC01492

June 17, 1801

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to David Lenox

Forwards papers to Lenox concerning British impressment of American seamen because they possibly allude to one such impressed citizen, John Stafford.

GLC01511

December 28, 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Montgomery Meigs

Lincoln is having Captain Asher R. Eddy relieved of duty as a Quarter Master in Springfield, Illinois because "a 'snarl' has somehow gotten up between him & [the State Government], which must be broken up." He asks Quartermaster General Meigs to replace Eddy and reassign him to an equally important post.

GLC01514

August 12, 1851

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William M. Lowry

Letter written as Congressman. Marked "Private" at the top of first page. Johnson relates that he is powerless to stop Lowry from being removed from his position as postmaster in Greeneville, Tennessee: "So you may consider the die as being cast." Mentions that an article will be released to the Nashville newspapers, such as the (Greeneville, Tennessee) Spy, regarding Lowry's removal. Counsels, "Do as Caesar did in the Roman Senate: adjust your robe and fall as decent as possible."

GLC01516

March 23, 1867

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Sherman

Garfield argues that Dr. C. Woodworth, a nominee for postmaster of Trumbull County, Ohio, is nominated solely because he is an acquaintance of President Johnson: "It is only another evidence that the President is unwilling to listen to the wishes of the people." This contradicts the expressed wishes of the electorate in Trumbull County, who signed a petition to appoint Henry H. Townsend, a soldier. Declares, "I have received many letters and telegrams molesting against the appointment of Woodworth, and therefore respectfully recommend that his nomination be rejected by the Senate." Letter…

GLC01517

March 22, 1933

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ellison DuRant Smith

Letter concerns Smith's amendment to the farm bill of 1933. Worries that he may lose the support of organized farm forces. Advises him to discuss the bill with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Date inferred from contents. Written on White House stationary.

GLC01520

December 26, 1961

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to Nate White

President Kennedy informs White, the Business and Financial Editor of the newspaper "The Christian Science Monitor," that the Marshall Plan was implemented to "encourage the economic integration of Western Europe," not to establish Europe as a "band of followers." States that the economic markets of the United States and Western Europe have the combined resources to "rally men and nations to the cause of freedom the world over."

GLC01521

1867/04/19

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

Endorsement signed

Title: [Promotion request: presumably to Edwin Stanton]

A.N. Preston, acting assistant adjutant general of the District of Mississippi, details his qualifications for promotion; the top portion of his request is missing, so the addressee and date are unknown. Brevet Major General Thomas J. Wood adds his recommendation on January 10, 1867. W. T. Sherman recommends Preston's promotion on January 15. The request is signed and forwarded to the Secretary of War by Grant on April 19, 1867.

GLC01471

April 16, 1799

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James McHenry

Letter written as President to Secretary of War McHenry. Concerning Adams' interpretation of the Constitution concerning military appointments. Adams remarks "I never understood the Constitution. To suppose that the President has power to appoint Judges and Ambassadors... and not officers in the Army... is... very embarassing to the public service." Remnants of wax seal on address leaf. Docketed by McHenry.

GLC01477

March 10, 1794

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Seymour

Letter written as Vice President. The letters discusses preserving neutrality between England and France.

GLC01482

May 1912

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Printed document signed

Title: [Sample ballot card for the 1912 Republican National Convention]

Printed by Allied Printing. Inscribed "to little Miss Mabel" and signed by Roosevelt. The pro-Roosevelt campaign document explains how William H. Taft's managers "denied you the right to vote your preference for president" and instructs how to write in their vote for Roosevelt's nomination.

GLC01487

October 24, 1847

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

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Sidney Jesup

Transmitting the summary and muster roll for July 1847.

GLC01489

December 5, 1792

McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817

Letter signed

Title: to John Hay

McKean, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, instructs Hay, Treasurer of York County, to pay Henry Miller for service as a Pennsylvania elector during the first Presidential election.

GLC01501

August 11, 1862

Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks), 1837-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jane Brisbin

Captain Brisbin writes to his wife following the Battle of Malvern Hill, which he describes as "the memorable occasion when General [George] McClellan changed his base of operations from the York to the James River." Refers to Captain Kantz (possibly August V. Kantz), Captain Gregg, and [Lieutenant Kermin]. Describes the stench of rotting corpses and witnessing the death of a severely wounded soldier. Recounts delivering his Company to safety during a mission by ordering them to take off their blue shirts, exposing grey shirts underneath, thus disguising themselves as Confederate soldiers.…

GLC01504.01

5 March 1861

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New-York Tribune. [Vol. XX, no. 6196 (March 5, 1861)]

Includes Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address and news about the inaugural ceremony. Other articles detail military news, local reports, Congressional updates, public postings, and advertisements.

GLC01509

1841

Header Record

Title: Letter signed and judicial review concerning the case of Alexander McLeod [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01512

September 18, 1866

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Fitz-John Porter

Pierce, former President of the United States, discusses General Porter's court martial and conviction for his actions at the Battle of Second Manassas. Writes, "There are reasons why I am disinclined at at [sic] present to address any request to the President, altho' I concur with his views upon the issues which now particularly Engross the public mind." Transmits a "brief expression of my convictions with regard to yourself- your services and the infamous sentence with which these services have been rewarded" (document not present). Remarks that if Porter wishes, he may send the enclosed…

GLC01513