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3 March 1812

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: Dispatch no. 8 - Duplicate

GLC07459.01.11

16 March 1812

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: Dispatch no. 9 - Continued

Addressed to Honorable James Monroe Secretary of State

GLC07459.01.12

16 March 1812

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

Envelope

Title: Wrappings

Addressed to Honorable James Monroe Secretary of State From America Legation at Paris, 16 March 1812 Joel Barlow

GLC07459.01.13

14 March 1838

Smith, Daniel, fl. 1838

Autograph document

Title: Clerical copy of an article from the Treaty of 1805

GLC07562.03.11

January 1862

McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

re: mess duty, release of Confederate comissioners James Mason and John Slidell; capture of 100 hogs. Top portion missing.

GLC02179.01.019

February 5, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled An act to provide an export duty on cotton and tobacco exported fromt he Confederate states to the ports or in the ships of any foreign country which has not recognized the independence of the confederate states

stamp of record division

GLC06745.040

27 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia finds herself listening to the "Bob Hope Program" and thinks of Moe. She talks about listening to the radio and the song "As Time Goes By" from the movie "Casablanca." She has heard the news that England is trying to make peace between Poland and Russia. Says Russia does not avoid the issue, she knows where she stands unlike "the good old USA" that equivocates, while professing love for the USA but wishing she would be more like Russia.

GLC09414.0012

14 July 1810

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear and Beloved Son

To Benjamin Lincoln Lear

GLC07827.01

23 October 1811

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear and Beloved Son

To Benjamin Lincoln Lear Small tear where seal was opened

GLC07827.02

5 June 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Uncle

To Samuel Storer Esqiure

GLC07827.03

22 October 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear and Honored Grandmother

To Mary Lear

GLC07827.04

26 October 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: My Dear Uncle

To John L. Storer Esqiure

GLC07827.05

1947

United States. Department of State

Poster

Title: The United Nations : for peace and world progress : the United Nations promotes international cooperation ...

Government Printing Office O-755361. United Nations organizational chart and illustrations of its goals.

GLC09520.15

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: The Atlantic Charter

All-lettered poster in black & white. Text of the Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Title and heading at top. Two columns of text below in italics.

GLC09520.23

2 March 1812

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Honorable Jonathan Russell

GLC07459.01.03

02 July 1812

Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812

Autograph document signed

Title: By His Excellency

A Certificate of good health for travel from Gibraltar to Algiers

GLC07827.06

10 October 1795

Burnham, John, 1758-1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Captain O'Brien

GLC07937.01

1794-1796

Burnham, John, 1758-1837

Header Record

Title: Papers Relating to the Pension of Captain Burnham, An Algerine Prisoner [Decimalized .01- .05]

A paper folder contatining various letters and documents, cover of folder reads " Papers Relating to the Pension of Captain Burnham, An Algerine Prisoner" Includes 5 different documents.

GLC07937.02