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to Alfred Burr

Signed as President. Letter regarding the investigation of statements made against Mr. Spellacy.

GLC02925.23

[Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]

Check for $16.25 signed by Gideon Welles to "B" and endorsed on verso by Brady.

GLC02926

to J. Vincent Browne

Informs that he has received his letter about cordage and tea. States that the Committee of Manufactures of the Senate is now meeting about the tariff and will report tomorrow. Remarks that " ... you have already engaged their attention and we hope...

GLC02927

[Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]

Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by the nine justices: Owen J. Roberts, J.C. McReynolds, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fisk Stone, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, and Frank...

GLC02929.01

[Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]

Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by justices William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, Tom Clark, Charles E. Whittaker, John Marshall Harlan, William J. Brennan Jr., and Potter Stewart.

GLC02929.02

to Lord Sydney

Written by General Cornwallis, the leader of British forces at Yorktown, who had accepted the post of Governor General of India in February 1786 to Lord Sydney as Home Secretary in the Pitt government. Wants Lord Sydney to talk to King George about...

GLC02921

[Revocation of Cyrus Griffin's power of attorney][copy]

Witnessed by Leroy Peachy, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin. The power of attorney had been granted by Burges Ball and John Payne, and their wives, and pertained to the administration of land in Virginia. Also contains a copy of the identity...

GLC02923

Collection of 73 documents relating to Plymouth, Dartmouth Township, and environs. See decimalized entries.

GLC02924

Album of letters to Burr and Henry Deming [decimalized]

GLC02925

to A. E. Barr & Co.

Begins by asking Burr to consider this letter private and confidential. Discusses the possible mistaken publication of his letter in the Times. Informs he received a request from a reporter from the Hartford Times and might have answered...

GLC02925.02

to Willie Olcott Burr re: Nebraska Democratic platform & other proposals [Bryan]

Signed as a former President, concerning his feelings on the Nebraska Democratic platform and implicitly, the rise of populism and William Jennings Bryan. Cleveland advocate the "old Democratic creed."

GLC02925.05

to Henry C. Deming

Informs that he will gladly present his share of payment for a proposed compliment to a "most deserving friend Burr." Written to Deming as the Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut.

GLC02925.06

to Thomas H. Seymour

Cushing, former United States Representative, states that he proposes to leave soon for Hartford, Connecticut (possibly to campaign prior to the 1860 Presidential election). Cushing served as a U.S. congressman from Massachusetts (1835-1842) and as a...

GLC02925.07

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Deming, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, transmits a copied letter (included on pages two and three of this document) to Burr, who previously served as Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. Informs Burr that he previously sent the...

GLC02925.09

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Dix, postmaster of the City of New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Dix served as a U.S. senator from New York...

GLC02925.10

to Alfred Burr re: hopes for Democratic party success in Connecticut [fragment]

Undated. Written as Democratic Senator from Illinois, to Burr, as Democratic State Central Committee.

GLC02925.11

to Henry Champion Deming

Responds to a previous letter from Deming, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, in which Deming requested a donation to honor Alfred Edmund Burr, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. Expresses enthusiasm in providing a testimonial for Burr...

GLC02925.12

to Thomas H. Seymour re: letter of introduction for Mr. and Mrs. Stone

GLC02925.13

to Alfred E. Burr

Asks Burr to write a letter to Thomas J. Rusk, even though he had previously asked Gideon Welles to do so. Also asks Burr to send him the "piece you spoke of in the Times, the Santa Anna letter, and the last 'Times'."

GLC02925.14

to Alfred Burr

Remarks, " ... my conviction that this is preeminently the time, possibly the only time, for an earnest & successful effort to overthrow sectionalism in the Northern States." Marked private at top.

GLC02925.15

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Wood, Mayor of New York City, informs Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, that he will be able to speak at a political convention preceding the 1860 Presidential election. Written on New York Mayor's Office...

GLC02925.24

Items related to the creation of the Robert Gould Shaw Monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC02928

Official copy, permitting Hugh Witt to get land & settle in Texas (in Spanish)

Written in Spanish, signed for Austin by Samuel May Williams. Streeter, Texas 9.

GLC02930

Memorandum re: purchase of land by Elijah Roark

GLC02932

New Arkansas & Texas Land Co. grant to Sylvester Davis (cos. Jackson & Curtis)

Numbered 3895. Cosigned by Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis. Streeter, Texas Rev. 1138.1.

GLC02933

Capital stock certificate for $50 for land in Portland, Republic of Texas

Signed as agent for sales. Engraved stock certificate. Streeter, Texas 450. Written at Galveston

GLC02934

[Receipt for $25 from W. Rhodes for surveying headright of James O. Rice]

Records the payment by De Cordova and James O. Rice to W. Rhodes, "administrator on the Estate of J.P. Kimball," for locating and surveying Rice's headright.

GLC02935

The Texas cook book.... [first Texas cookbook]

Edited by the Lady's Association of the First Presbyterian Church. Standard fare plus some ethnic dishes. With 60 interleaved manuscript recipes.

GLC02936

Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay....

One of the first accounts of Texas written in English. Printed by G.F. Hopkins and Sons. First edition, first issue, printed without appendix. Graff 1494, Howes S1137.

GLC02937

[Sale of land to Archibald Hotchkiss]

Sale of land document from John Davidson to Archibald Hotchkiss. Handwritten note in pencil on top of document: "Galveston Bay: Texas Land co. 450." Docket on verso.

GLC02938

Land grant [1840] to Levi Jones & Edward Hall of 18215 acres on Galveston Island

Certified copy signed by George W. Smyth as Land Office Commissioner.

GLC02939

Republic of Texas Treasury warrant for $1000 signed by Compt. S. B. Shaw

Texas Treasury warrant endorsed on verso by Jones as Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Signed by Samuel B. Shaw as comptroller and Charles Mason as auditor.

GLC02940

Grand Can[y]on of the Yellowstone

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 252.

GLC03095.52

Grand Can[y]on of the Yellowstone

Yellowstone Series, 1871. No negative number assigned.

GLC03095.53

Yellowstone River, Above the Falls

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 258.

GLC03095.54

[Steam vent and explorer]

Negative number 262.

GLC03095.55

Yellowstone River, Near the Lake

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 266.

GLC03095.56

Column Rocks

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 238.

GLC03095.57

Cinnabar Mountain, From Below

Yellowstone Series, 1871. No negative number assigned.

GLC03095.58

Mounts Doane and Stevenson

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number cut off.

GLC03095.59

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Lower Basin

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 214.

GLC03095.60

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Lower Basin

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 215.

GLC03095.61

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, From Below Looking Up

Hot Spring Series. Not negative number assigned.

GLC03095.62

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Upper Basin

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 217.

GLC03095.63

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, The Great Hot Spring

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 218.

GLC03095.64

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Group of Springs on Summit

Hot Spring Series. No negative number assigned.

GLC03095.65

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Group of Springs on Summit

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 221.

GLC03095.66

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Group of Springs on Summit

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 222.

GLC03095.67

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, Hot Water Fissures

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 224.

GLC03095.68

Hot Springs on Gardiners River, From Above Looking Down

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 229.

GLC03095.69