1919/05/20

Lincoln, Robert T., 1843-1926

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Markens re: enclosing a piece of Lincoln manuscript

"I am enclosing to you a piece of Lincoln mss which is not exciting but is characteristic. It was no doubt held in President Lincoln's hand when making the address to Mr. Molina..."

GLC07519.02

1818/11/17

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Broadside

Title: President's Message. National Intelligencer Extra

Monroe's address to the second session of the fifteenth Congress. Printed in 5 columns. Brigham 1: 103.

GLC06759

1830/12/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Newspaper

Title: U.S. Telegraph Extra. Annual address to Congress

GLC06778

1829/12/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Broadside

Title: President's Message. First address to Congress [on silk]

GLC06747

1863/07/15

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to proclamation for day of Thanksgiving

Ordering a day of national thanksgiving on 6 August 1863 for victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, seeking restoration of the Union and God's intervention to "subdue the anger which has produced... a needless and cruel rebellion...." Lined on verso; ink appears to have been affected by previous treatment.

GLC06754

1840/05/23

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Manuscript

Title: to Gulian C. Verplanck re: draft of acceptance speech for presidential nomination

Draft of acceptance speech for Whig nomination for presidency.

GLC06405

1807/11/02

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Broadside

Title: Boston Gazette Extra, No. 2 [preparing for war]

Prints Jefferson's 27 October 1807 message to Congress re: preparing for war against the British (which never came). One of the results of Jefferson's message was the Embargo Act.

GLC06613

1840/10/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Broadside

Title: Speech from "Jackson Festival" in Tennessee [election of 1840 on silk]

Promoting Van Buren. Printed on silk.

GLC06363

19[0]2

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: President Roosevelt on the Speaker's Stand

Picture is taken from the side of the stand, showing a pitcher of water and a table with a vase of flowers and a top hat in the foreground. In the middle ground, Roosevelt exchanges a word with an associate. A large crowd fills the background; some stand in front of the podium, while some lean from windows or from the tops of telegraph poles.

GLC06449.36

1858/06/15

Print

Title: [Print of pen and ink drawing of Lincoln delivering a speech]

A date of June 15, 1858 is written in pencil. Print is signed Watt.

GLC08879.01.05

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

1863 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: The President's dedication address at Gettysburg

Printed by Miller & Mathews. Contains textual variations indicative of a very early printing of the Gettysburg Address.

GLC06811

1863/01/02

Newspaper

Title: Nashville daily union. [Vol. 1, no. 226 (January 2, 1863)]

Union-occupied Tennessee newspaper printing the Emancipation Proclamation for the first time in Nashville. The proclamation printed in a full column article on the last page. Also includes news about Robert Hendershott, the "Michigan Drummer Boy" who went to war with the 7th Michigan, battle of Murfreesboro.

GLC06842

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

[1817 ca.]

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Notes for an address]

Manuscript constituting a fragment of a draft of an untitled address by James Madison. Seemingly missing an initial page or pages; starts midway, discussing issues of national security, peace, and ensuring comfort to the nation's citizens. Beneath the notes is written in another hand: "Written by President Monroe;" yet another hand adds: "Wilmington Answer to the Address."

GLC07893