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[Collection of Frank J. Tracy, C company, 21st regiment, Maine, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .08]

Letters written during the battles of Port Hudson & Baton Rouge.

GLC03047

Collection of Lucius E. Bidwell, B company, 14th regiment, Connecticut, infantry [Decimalized .01 and .02]

Bidwell writes to his mother regarding his recent fighting experiences, most likely in the Battle of Chancellorsville. Discusses the strength of rebel army in Virginia.

GLC03048

[Collection of Frank G. Crowell, B company, 92nd regiment, Illinois, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .03]

Includes three letters to his parents regarding the Battles of Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge.

GLC03049

[Manuscript drawing of the camp of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment]

Shows the various buildings and structures in camp, including barracks, a sawmill, barns, and a steam furnace. The buildings are numbered and there is a corresponding legend on the verso.
Drawn in pencil with a colored flag. The regiment operated...

GLC03050

to Jane

Expresses disappointment that Jane, probably his wife, does not write him often enough. Apologizes for not leaving more money to provide for Jane, and reports that he sent his most recent paycheck. Writes "You Cant scold worth a darn and had better...

GLC03052

to Mrs. Henry Boyer

Writes about Fort Monroe, where Jefferson Davis was being held. Mentions the letter he received with ten dollars and that his brother Paul (also at the fort) was ill. Notes that Davis will not likely be hanged but states that he ought to be....

GLC03053

to Gen. Alexander Spotswood re: horses & marriage, the French fleet [incomplete]

Incomplete, lacking signature and close. Washington jokingly remarks that he "will take the horse... as Men take their wives -- better for worse [sic]." Also mentions his disappointment over the lack of cooperation of the French fleet.

GLC02842

Pardon of John P. Bush and James Grigsby, convicted of moonshining.

(c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC02845

to Roscoe G. Greene re: Grey's Elegy, the Constitution

Adams comments at length upon punctuation in Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" (and the powers of Congress as limited or expanded by a semi-colon in the Constitution. He also writes that "No land of slavery could ever have produced Grey's Elegy."

GLC02847

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...

GLC02848

to Philip Kearny

Ripley, Chief of the Ordnance Office, writes to General Kearny (Ripley spells "Kearney"). Reports that 95 Enfield rifles for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd New Jersey Volunteers were transmitted to the Head Quarters of the Army of the Potomac and were returned...

GLC02850

to Edwards Pierrepoint re: continuing to act as Sec. of War after suspension

GLC02853

to George Edmunds re: possession of War Dept. & threats of assault, impeachment

1 black and white bust engraving of Stanton included.

GLC02854

Document re: expenses for democratic government for Cherokee

Co-signed by Thomas Mitchell Buffington (principal Cherokee Indian Chief), J.T. Parks, and J.W. Zevely. Accompanied by a copy of the Act passed by the Cherokee National Council.

GLC02855

to President Martin Van Buren.

Ross had helped lead the Eastern Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi in the forced removal. Co-signed by W. Shorey Coodey, John Loony (with an "X"), Archibald Campbell (with an "X") and Elijiah Hicks.

GLC02856

to Henry Knox

Seeks an evaluation of Joseph Habersham, in order to find an appropriate federal appointment for him. Washington also asks advice on the law abilities of John Houstoun, for a possible appointment to Associate Judge for the Supreme Court. Marked...

GLC02857

to Thomas Paine

President Washington thanks "Thos Paine - of Boston" (not the famous author of "Common Sense," who was in Paris until 1802) for a poem inscribed to him.

GLC02858

to John C. Calhoun

Written by President Monroe to Calhoun as Secretary of War. Declares that the measures Calhoun have taken in regard to the Seminole Indians have been proper. Says that "Unprincipled settlers" should be driven away, and that "It was correct also to...

GLC02859

to Henry Knox

Marked private. Washington as President to Knox as Secretary of War. John Jay, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Rufus King, a Senator from New York, wrote a newspaper article they uncharacteristically signed with their own names decrying the...

GLC02862

Orders to Grant re: protection & security of Washington, with Stanton ES

Signed by Johnson as President and endorsed by Secretary of War Stanton, referring it back to Gen. Grant.

GLC02864

[Cabinet photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman]

Inscription on verso reads: Given [to] Aunt Eliza by Judge David Daris[?] of Illinois (Bloomington) who nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency.

GLC02865

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

No conviction mentioned

GLC02866

[Brodhead's Revolutionary War letterbook]

Includes various letters written by Colonel Brodhead, commander of the Western Department in Pittsburgh. Early entries in this book are created in Pittsburgh, while later entries are created at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania. This book begins with a list...

GLC02867.01

to Col. Daniel Brodhead re: wish to chastise the western Indians and Iroquois

Washington notes that supplies, communications and other hazards make any operation difficult and orders Brodhead to make preparation for a joint expedition. Brodhead did pacify Indians along the Alleghany, 1779-1780.

GLC02867.02

to Col. Daniel Brodhead re: court martials and war news

In addition to discussing the court martials of Capt Thomas Beal, Peter Davis and David Gamble, Washington also mentions his hopes to attack Detroit, thoughts on Virginia and his need for provisions. Written near Passaic Falls, New Jersey.

GLC02867.03

to Anthony Wayne re: perseverance in the "arduous but glorious struggle...."

Washington, responding to Wayne's letter of September 3 concerning someone's attempts to attack him before Washington, thanks him for his professions of friendship and reassures him of his own regard. Washington assures him that the "person to whom...

GLC02872

General orders, no. 65

Order appointing General H. W. Halleck in command of the Army of Virginia, and General E. O. C. Ord in command of the Department of the South. Order issued by the Secretary of War, signed by Burger as Assistant Adjutant General.

GLC02878.01

[Pardon of Frank Hardy]

This document commutes the sentence of Frank Hardy, who was convicted of first degree murder. Frank Hardy was to be hanged on 6 May 1870, and on 27 April 1870 Rutherford B. Hayes altered his sentence to life imprisonment. Hayes signed as governor of...

GLC02843

[Paperwork for the case Richard Cromwell v. John Shotts]

One letter from Roger Brooke Taney representing an enslaver, Richard Cromwell who complained that John Shotts had assaulted Joe, a man enslaved by Taney, on October 28, 1802 in Frederick County, Maryland. Taney claimed that Shotts "with force of arms...

GLC02844

State of New York

Pardons commuting 30 Sing Sing convicts' prison sentences due to good conduct, signed by New York Governor Grover Cleveland.

GLC02846

to Perley P. Pitkin

General order instructs Pitkin to send "a competent person" to meet "five hundred contrabands" and bring them rations. "Contrabands" were freed enslaved people employed by the Union army. Written as Captain. Written at Harrison's Landing, Virginia...

GLC02849

to [Edward Davis Townsend]

Addressed to "the Adjutant General of the United States." Encloses letters and report [not included] of Provost Marshal Major Beard of the New York Volunteers. Beard delivered the letters to Sherman's headquarters while Sherman was absent on a...

GLC02851

to Reverend Colman

Adams in retirement to Colman (also called Coleman by Abigail Adams in GLC 2515), a minister in a neighboring Massachusetts town. References various works of literature and says Spencer's Fairy Queen is a work of genius. Jokingly says his life has...

GLC02852

to John Francis Mercer

Monroe, a member of the Confederation Congress, informs Mercer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, that a secretary will soon be appointed to assist John Adams as Minister to Great Britain. States that James McHenry, also a member of the...

GLC02861

to Joseph Webb

Written as Quartermaster General, mentions the Battle of Monmouth and that he is crossing the Hudson (North) River. Adds that the French fleet is off Sandy Hook. Ridicules the "farcical" Parliamentary propositions for reconciliation with the United...

GLC02863

[Letter of reference for Alexis Ludvigh]

Writes, "The bearer Mr. Alexis Ludvigh native of Hungary, County of Szepes, is going to the United States America [sic] with the consent of his parents, and the intention to make the States his adoptive home. I am well acquainted with his father...

GLC02869.01

to Norton

Thanks Norton for the invitation to the Tavern Club dinner, and wonders whether they can plan to meet when he attends a committee meeting on a date in February to be determined. Adds, "I do not take a gloomy view of the present condition of things in...

GLC02870

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

A view of part of the town of Boston in New-England and Brittish Ships of War landing their troops 1768

One of two copies known to be signed by colorist Christian Remick, and engraved by Paul Revere. Originally framed in worn edge scallop frame and old glass, with frame cut-down for the print. Propaganda print showing disembarkation of British troops...

GLC02873

to unknown [in French]

News from La Grange, from Fanny and Camilla Wright about Nashoba, sent to an unknown doctor. Year supplied by Robert Crout. Original owner claimed this letter mentioned the "slow freeing of the blacks."

GLC02874

Map of the Battle Ground of Greenbrier River

Wood and copper engraving of a battle in the Cheat Mountain Campaign, Robert E. Lee's first field command of the Civil War. This document is of Confederate origin and shows Camp Bartow, the Confederate position, in great detail, marking buildings...

GLC02875

Map of the vicinity of Petersburg

This document is a black and white, printed map depicting towns, rivers and creeks, rail lines, forested areas, and land segments divided by ownership surrounding Petersburg, Virginia. The map is extremely detailed, and includes names associated...

GLC02876

Map of the Vicinity of Richmond, and Part of the Pennisula

Rare lithographic Confederate map "from surveys made by order of Major General J.F. Gilmer Chief Engineer C.S.A.," the cartographer is unknown. Shows Richmond and its environs in great detail, including roads, rivers, railroads, and towns. Probably...

GLC02877

to Dr. F.S. Bell

Orlando, Union Colonel Commanding the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, sends Bell his official report of the capture of Fort Anderson in order to clear up erroneous statements being made about it. States "I was in command of all the...

GLC02878.02

to L. L. Smith

Discussing legal business and collection of debts. Written on Johnson's stationary.

GLC02878.03

Collection of signatures, calling cards, and other documents related to political who also served during the Civil War [Decimalized .01- .16]

Collection of signatures and documents, including items signed or related to Benjamin Franklin Butler, Joshua Chamberlain, Orris S. Ferry, Walter Q. Gresham, William T. Sherman, Joseph Wheeler, and Samuel Francis Du Pont.

GLC02878.04

to George C. Pullman

Written as Vice President of the Pullman Company to the President. Discusses revenues through the previous day. Mentions that night travel has remained unchanged and daytime usage has fallen off due to the warm weather. Reports on fuel usage and...

GLC02879

At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants [War of 1812 broadside]

Discusses the alarming state of public affairs & measures necessary, including resolutions against the War with Britain.

GLC02880

Collection of Civil War prints

GLC02881

Battle of Williamsburg Va. May 5th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the...

GLC02881.03

Battle of Mill Spring, Ky. Jan 19th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption beneath the title reads: "Terrific bayonet charge of the 9th Ohio Volunteers (Col. McCook) and total defeat of the Rebel under Genl...

GLC02881.04

Bombardment & capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, N.C.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption below the title reads: "By the U.S. Fleet under Commodore Stringham and the Forces under Genl. Butler. Aug. 27th 1861." Depicts the Union...

GLC02881.07

Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo 10th & 11th of April 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "After a bombardment of 30 hours, the Fort surrendered unconditionally to the U.S. Forces, under the immediate...

GLC02881.08

Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Jany. 2nd 1863. Betwen the Union forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the Rebel Army under General Bragg.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "This was one of the greatest battles of the war, commencing on the 31st December 1862, and (after terrible losses)...

GLC02881.09

Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption beneath the title reads: "General McClellan having advanced 'The Army of the Potomac' to near Richmond, the Rebels took advantage of a...

GLC02881.10

Battle of Pittsburg, Tenn. April 7th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Depicts the Battle of Shiloh. Caption under the title reads: "This plate represents the moment, when the heroic Genl. Grant rode to the left of the...

GLC02881.11

Bombardment & capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany. 11th 1863.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "The Bombardment and Capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany. 11th 1863. By the Gun-boats, commanded by Rear Admiral D. D...

GLC02881.12

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. View of Fort Sumter under heavy bombardment and returning fire. The United States flag stands tall in the center of the print. Fort Moultrie and...

GLC02881.15

Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Title continues: "in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers."...

GLC02881.16

Fort Pickens

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "Fort Pickens. Pensacola Harbor, Florida." Depiction of Fort Pickens in Pensacola Harbor, the only Southern fort to remain in Union...

GLC02881.17

Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Full title: "Bombardment and Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn. By the Federal Gunboats, under command of Commodore Andrew H. Foote - Feby. 6th 1862."...

GLC02881.18

Fort Sumter. Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Depicts Fort Sumter, seemingly before the Confederate bombardment on 12-13 April 1861, with the American flag flying above it. A sailing ship floats...

GLC02881.21

Storming of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feby. 15th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title says: "The attack on the Fort commenced on Tuesday Feby. 13th and was continued with varying success, until Saturday, when...

GLC02881.22

New-Hampshire patriot - Extra

James Madison's presidential address given in Washington D.C. on December 10, 1816. Discusses navigation laws, the treasury, relations with Native Americans. "263" written on top section.

GLC02884

Message of the President re: American seamen imprisoned at Dartmoor Prison

Printed by William A. Davis. List over 2000 naval POWs by name and rank, how and where they were captured, where confined and when exchanged.

GLC02885

to unknown

Indicates that he is sending a favorable examination of claims due to Henry Clay for his role in negotiating a "commercial treaty with G Britain, jointly with Mr Adams & Mr Gallatin, which you will Find in his Favor". Written as President.

GLC02897

[to Robert R. Livingston]

Says Convention of Mortefontaine, as exchanged by William Vans Murray, arrived on 9 October 1801. President Jefferson had it sent to the Senate for advice and consent since the French ratification was not pure and simple in the ordinary form. No...

GLC02899

to William Dennison

McClellan, Major General of the Ohio Volunteers updates Dennison, Governor of Ohio, on the condition of troops, supplies, and other military matters. Reports that upon receipt of a previous letter from Dennison, "I at once [struck: write] telegraphed...

GLC02902

Address of the President of the United States, delivered at a joint session of the two houses of Congress

Asks Congress to declare war against Germany. Marks the beginning of the American involvement in World War I.

GLC02904

to John Barry re: congratulating Barry for his "success" on the sea

Written as commander in chief.

GLC02907

[Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]

Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to...

GLC02909

Carte de visite and cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln

The cabinet card (GLC02910.01) has Brady imprint front and back, and is a variant of O-92 without the table and with L's lower hand cut-off (see Ostendorf p. 176). The negative was taken by Anthony Berger 2/9/1864 and is the basis for Lincoln on $5...

GLC02910

[Carte de visite portraits of Lincoln and son Tad]

Photograph of Lincoln looking at a book with Tad. Variant of O-93 (looks like "bible" variant listed by Ostendorf p. 183 but with more vignette and cropping into an oval) with Brady imprint on mount and on verso.

GLC02911.01

[Carte de visite portrait of Robert Todd Lincoln]

Brady imprint on verso with 3 cent tax stamp; Ostendorf p. 302 dates to ca. 1864 and shows a larger version of which this is a vignetted variant. Inscription on verso reads: Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Pres. Lincoln).

GLC02911.02

The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) Regiment. On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th, 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw.

Portrays African American soldiers carrying a United States flag which reads "54th Mass" on the stripes section of the flag as they meet a battle line of Confederate troops. There are 2 prints of this image, with different colorization, both are...

GLC02881.23

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and a vastly superior number of the...

GLC02881.24

Battle of Williamsburg, Va. May 5th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the Army of the Potomac."...

GLC02881.25

Battle of Five Forks Va. April 1st 1865

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under the title says: "This splendid Victory which led to the capture of the South side Railroad & the fall of Petersburg and Richmond was achieved by the...

GLC02881.26

Bombardment of Island "Number Ten" in the Mississippi River

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Subtitle is "By the Gunboat and Mortar fleet, under the command of Flag Officer A.H. Foote." Caption under the title says: "The Bombardment commenced on Saturday...

GLC02881.27

Battle of Corinth, Miss. Oct. 4th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Between the Federal troops under Genl. Grant and the combined Rebel forces, under Genls. Van Dorn, Price, and Lovell; the Rebels were...

GLC02881.28

Battle of Chattanooga, Tenn. Novr. 24th & 25th 1863

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Subtitle is: "Between the Union forces under Genl. Grant, and the Rebel Army under Genl. Bragg." Caption under title says: "This great conflict began on Monday Novr...

GLC02881.29

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title reads: "By the Federal Forces, under command of Genl. Ambrose E. Burnside, and Gunboats under Commodore L.M. Goldsborough." Shows Union soldiers...

GLC02881.30

The Battle of Antietam, Md. September 17th 1862

Color print depicts Union Army "utterly routing" Confederates at Antietam. Caption under title reads: "This splendid victory was achieved by the "Army of the Potomac," commanded by their Great General, Geo. B. McClellan, over the Rebel Army under Lee...

GLC02881.31

Battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th 1862

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street in New York (for a similar version see GLC02881.24). Subtitle says: "Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and the vastly superior...

GLC02881.32

Battle of Bull Run Va. July 21st 1861

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title reads: "Gallant charge of the Zouaves and defeat of the rebel Black Horse Calvary." J.E.B. Stuart's 1st Virginia Calvary was known as the Black...

GLC02881.33

Genl. Shields at the battle of Winchester, Va. 1862

Hand colored print published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "The Battle was commenced on the afternoon of March 22nd at which time Genl. Shields while in the act of leading forward his men, was struck by...

GLC02881.34

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "This battle shows what undaunted courage, the Lion-hearted Army of the Potomac always meets its foes. After forcing the passage of the...

GLC02881.35

Battle of Malvern Hill, Va. July 1st 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Mounted in folder. Caption under title says: "Charge of the 36th New York Volunteers, at the Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st 1862, and Capture of the Colors of the...

GLC02881.36

The Siege of Charleston

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and batteries Wagner and Gregg, by the Union Batteries on Morris Island, under the command of General Gilmore...

GLC02881.37

Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia [with] At a General Assembly...

Owned by John Edmondson, presented to William R. Vanter by M.A. Miller. The second item documents the first session of the state House after independence. Both items printed by Alexander Purdie.
Journal of session dominated by Thomas Jefferson in...

GLC02882

to Samuel Hodgdon

Written by Knox as Secretary of War to Hodgdon as Commissary of Military Stores. Concerns invoices sent by Hodgdon and others. References Hodgdon's letters of 28, 29, and 31 December 1789. Says he is pressed for time and can only say that he will not...

GLC02886

[Petition of Antonio Vela]

Legal document by attorney John Ker who served as petitioner for Antonio Vela, a citizen of Louisiana, in the County Court of Adams County, Mississippi. The petition was showing the court "That on or about the first day of April 1828 he [Vela] was...

GLC02887

Tracts for the people. No. 1. Who were our friends in time of need?

Holden, editor of the Raleigh Standard, issues an extreme pro-slavery tract declaring, "Too much liberty, too much indulgence will be sure to injure both the slave and the master." Instructs slave owners to maintain strict discipline over their...

GLC02888

[Notice for the enlistment and impressment of slaves into military service]

Captain Ridgely informs slave owner G. N. Jones that the "Confederate Government has made requisition on this State for five hundred Slaves ... by the enrollment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, approved February 17, 1864. Your...

GLC02889

Columbia Telescope--Extra, Thursday, December 13, 1832.

Prints the inaugural speech of South Carolina Governor Robert Y. Hayne. Proclaims the authority of states' rights during the Nullification crisis. " ... it is my fixed determination to assert and uphold the SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OF THE STATE, and to...

GLC02890

Collection of 31 documents relating to the establishment of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. See decimalized entries.

GLC02891

[Appointment of Alexander McDougall as Colonel of First New York regiment]

Written by Benson as Secretary of New York Provincial Congress. After Congress resumed its consideration of the arrangement of regiments, it made the New York Regiment the First Regiment. It also unanimously approved Alexander McDougall as colonel...

GLC02892

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

to Edward Hand

Sends General Hand copies of the excise law, an explanatory letter from the treasury department, a license form, and a copy of a "bill raising money for the protection of the Frontiers" (none included). Discusses the Whiskey Rebellion, relaying...

GLC02894

Marriage certificate of Louis Guillaume Otto & Miss de Crevecoeur

In Latin and French, witnessed by numerous people. Signed by Jefferson (serving then as Secretary of State). Also signed by Members of Congress Jeremiah Wadsworth, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., NYS Supreme Court Justice Richard Morris, Vice Consul of...

GLC02895