1925/08/14

Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Coolidge re: visiting his father with the family and advice

Written as President to his son, who was a Corporal.

GLC02793.076

1900 ca.

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)

Photograph

Title: Photograph of Roosevelt [temp record]

GLC07002#92

1918-1921 ca.

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Header Record

Title: Letters to his mother in the American Expeditionary Force, with Pershing [Decimalized .01- .79]

Dawes joined the AEF in France to monitor finances, based upon a recommendation of the Secretary of Treasury. Most of the letters are to his mother. Postwar letters are mostly from Chicago, where he was President then Chairman of a bank, and then from Washington where he served in the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Finance under Harding. The final folders include materials which may in fact have been enclosed by Dawes with letters to his mother. Additional Dawes materials are in GLC 1601 and GLC 4048.

GLC02679

11 May 1979

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Book signed

Title: A time to heal: the autobiography of Gerald R. Ford

Published by Harper & Row and the Reader's Digest Association. Ford reviews his life and political career.

GLC02677

2 July 1844

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

Letter signed

Title: to William McPherson

Secretary of State Calhoun asks U.S. Attorney for the District of Missouri McPherson that execution of convicted murderers John McDaniel and Joseph Brown be stayed. He adds "It is not... designed, by this interference, to create any hope of the ultimate pardon of these men, but merely that time may be allowed to examine into the credibility of [Orrin P.] Rockwell," a new witness who claimed to have received a confession from William Mason.

GLC03019

1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Book

Title: The Life of Lincoln

Tribune Tracts no. 6. Extra-illustrated biography with engravings of Lincoln, the Executive Mansion, the Capitol, and a Lincoln-Hamlin electoral ribbon depicting Lincoln pasted in first few pages. Published by Horace Greeley & Co.

GLC03012

8 September 1787

Clinton, George, 1739-1812

Document signed

Title: Proclamation

Signed as Governor of New York State offering a reward of $1000 for the capture of arsonists in New York City. Includes official seal.

GLC02893

15 August 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Confederate naval officer, Thomas W. Brent, for taking part in the rebellion]

President Andrew Johnson granted T. W. Brent a full pardon and amnesty for all offences he committed. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Seal on second page.

GLC03079.01

1905-1940

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Book

Title: Address of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-President of the United States before the Congress of the United States Sunday, February 9, 1919 [word processed inventory available]

Memorial address at the time of Theodore Roosevelt's death. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Pasted within the book are 13 letters, one photograph of Henry Cabot Lodge, three manuscripts, and five prints of Roosevelt. Seven of the letters and two of the manuscripts are written by Theodore Roosevelt. Out of the seven letters by Roosevelt, four are to Charles Greenough, a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts dated 1912-1918. Two are to George W. Goethals, the chief engineer of the Panama Canal dated 1918-1919, and one is to Henry Cabot Lodge, 1905. Also includes…

GLC02920

16 August 1857

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William M. Lowry

Analyzes the current political situation in Tennessee and the state of the Democratic Party. Discusses West H. Humphreys, a federal judge in Tennessee with Confederate sympathies. Says Humphreys has "taken it into his head that [Gideon J.] Pillow [who wanted to run for senator] is the greatest man now living." Criticizes Pillow's qualifications and his use of their mutual friends for political gain. Also discusses Aaron V. Brown, Alfred Osbourne Pope Nicholson, Franklin Pierce, Washington C. Whitthorne, Landon Carter Haynes and William G. Brownlow.

GLC02848

1 October 1949

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Document signed

Title: Pardon related: commuted sentence for Arthur R. McCleary (c/s Peyton Ford)

No conviction mentioned

GLC02866

21 June 1899

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Wetmore

Schurz notes the "joy" of growth characteristically American, a movement towards socialism and Theodore Roosevelt's belief that the American people will perish in a "slothfull peace."

GLC02871

December 31, 1792

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: An act concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels.

Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Authorized by Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House of Representatives and John Adams, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Approved by President George Washington 31 December.

GLC02716

7 December 1814

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander J. Dallas

Congratulates him on his nomination as Secretary of the Treasury. Comments that the post " ... is the most arduous now in our government, and is that on which every other depends for it's motion." Recommends the appointment of Peter Minor as assessor to collect land tax for Jefferson's district. Criticizes another contender, Mr. Armstead as "the weakest & laziest man that could be found."

GLC02718

13 June 1841

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anna Harrison

President Tyler sends William Henry Harrison's widow congressional condolence communicating "the deep sympathy felt by the representatives of the States and of the people" upon the death of her husband (not included). President Harrison had died on 4 April 1841.

GLC02793.024

8 March 1843

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of James Madison Porter, Secretary of War]

Appoints James Madison Porter Secretary of War with the following certificate: "Know Ye: That reposing special trust and confidence in the Patriotism, Integrity and Abilities of James Madison Porter, of Pennsylvania, I do appoint him Secretary for the Department of War of the United States and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil [sic] the duties of that Office according to law and to have and to hold the said Office with all the powers, privileges and emoluments thereunto of rights appertaining, unto him, the said James Madison Porter, during the pleasure of the President of…

GLC02774

4 August 1851

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Document signed

Title: [Authorization to affix the seal of the United States]

Gives authorization to Robert P. Letcher to finalize the implementation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and to conclude a convention with the Mexican Indians. One black and white bust engraving and one black and white seated full length engraving included.

GLC02775

circa 29 April 1965

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Header Record

Title: Documents relating to Andrew Johnson and Eliza C. Skidmore [decimalized .01-.04]

Three documents related to Eliza C. Skidmore's passage across battle lines during the Civil War. She received permission from President Andrew Johnson to cross from the Union side to the Confederate side to obtain supplies and bring them back to sell to the Union. Also included is a medal with Andrew Johnson's likeness.

GLC02779

1 June 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of George Stoneman]

Lists military retirements and promotions of John M. Schofield and George Stoneman. Signed as President. Docketed on verso by Secretary of War John Schofield (who had replaced Stanton).

GLC02780

1860

Hoyer & Ludwig, fl. 1860

Broadside

Title: [1860 Presidential election Democratic ticket Breckinridge-Lane]

Democratic ticket for John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky for president and Joseph Lane of Oregon for Vice President. Printed with bust portrait images of both candidates. Includes a list of electors from each district and informs that election day is Tuesday, November 6, 1860. Printed by Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, Virginia.

GLC03416

1864

Union Party (San Francisco, Calif.)

Ephemera

Title: [1864 Union election ticket]

Union ticket from San Francisco, California for Abraham Lincoln of Illinois as President and Andrew Johnson of Tennessee as Vice President. Lists presidential electors from each district. Also prints the candidate for member of Congress, First District, Donald C. McRuer of San Francisco. Verso of ticket is printed with an image of three ships in battle, the Alabama, the Deerhound, and the Kearsarge.

GLC03439

07 October 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Endorsement signed

Title: Directing Secretary of War to release records. On verso of ALS from Wm. Reid

Intended to exonerate President Buchanan from the charge of colluding with Gen. David Twiggs in surrendering Federal posts in Texas.

GLC03178

1 May 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of George W. Hays, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in April 1866].

Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after he had been assured by the District Attorney who prosecuted the case that Hays was a proper object of executive clemency. Coutersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC03183

16 October 1848

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gilbert C. Rice

Calhoun, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina, writes to Rice at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Cannot furnish Rice with requested documents (a speech he delivered in Senate and a letter by "Hammond"). Argues that neither the Whigs nor the Democrats have dealt with the question of abolition appropriately: "I fear the abolition question has been permitted by the North to progress too far to be arrested. Neither party has met it as it ought to have been... The South begins to lose all confidence & must look to itself for protection..." Accompanied by two envelopes, both addressed to Rice, one…

GLC03193

14 November 1890

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Johnson re: work on civil service reform

Written as Civil Service Commissioner

GLC03339