25 July 1804

Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845

Newspaper

Title: Columbian centinel & Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 41, no. 43 (July 25, 1804)]

Includes an article reviewing Thomas Jefferson's administration and another denouncing Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Has coverage of the 11 July 1804 Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton duel on pages 1 and 2. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements. Includes a eulogy announcement for Alexander Hamilton signed by James Warren.

GLC08751

12 December 1803

Russell, Cutler & Co.

Newspaper

Title: Boston gazette. [Vol. 15, no. 30 (December 12, 1803)]

Whole number 746. Includes short discussions of the Louisiana Purchase and the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition on p. 2. Lists wholesale prices, stock prices, and insurance premiums. Contains commercial correspondence, an article on a fund raising effort at Bowdoin College, foreign and national news, and various public notices and advertisements.

GLC08753

19 November 1803

Jenks, Eleazer Alley, 1776-1807

Newspaper

Title: Jenk's Portland gazette. [Vol. 6, no. 291 (Nov. 19, 1803)].

Among normal news and advertisements, prints the proclamation announcing the Louisiana Purchase, related congressional debates, and an editorial questioning the wisdom of the purchase.

GLC08754

16 July 1779

Donaldson, James, 1751-1830

Newspaper

Title: Edinburgh advertiser. [Vol. 32, no. 1622 (July 13- July 16, 1779)]

Discusses local meetings of noblemen regarding the raising of sailors. Includes a proclamation of George III discussing Britain's possible invasion by unspecified British enemies. Includes a letter from British General Henry Clinton discussing the capture "of the ports of Stony Point and Verplanks, the most direct and convenient communication between the province on either side of the Hudson's river." Contains correspondence discussing Revolutionary War activity in Georgia and South Carolina. Includes an assurance that as long as Britain maintains a strong presence on the sea, enemy…

GLC08756

21 November 1795

Bunce, George, 1764-1817

Newspaper

Title: The Herald; a gazette for the country. [Vol. 2, no. 154 (November 21, 1795)]

Issue in which Alexander Hamilton defends salaries paid by the government. Other news includes local New York news, news from Europe, ship arrivals, postings, and advertisements.

GLC08762

1865

Magniadas, Franky, fl. 1865

Object

Title: [Medal struck in France to honor Abraham Lincoln]

Profile of head of Lincoln with "Dedie par la Democratie Francaise a Lincoln President deux fois elu des Etats-Unis." The reverse shows Lincoln's grave with a winged angel and two African Americans honoring him.

GLC08763

11 November 1864

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Newspaper

Title: The Evening Post. [Vol. 55, no. 91 (November 11, 1864)]

Announces the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln and lists election returns by state. Also describes plots of Confederate agents in Canada to sink the steamer Michigan and release the prisoners on Johnson's island. Reprints excerpts from General Winfield Scott's biography. Describes the capture of the pirate ship Florida by the Wachusett. Also includes an article on how the poor live in England. Other articles detail Civil War news, local and international news.

GLC08765

1758/10/03

Shergold, George, fl. 1758

Printed document

Title: Course of the Exchange, etc.

London stock exchange listing with values and precious metals, etc.

GLC08766

29 July 1789

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 31 (July 29, 1789)]

Act establishing Dept of Foreign Affairs.

GLC08767

1811/03/18

Hosmer, Charles, 1785-1871

Newspaper

Title: Connecticut mirror. [Vol. II, no. 37 (March 18, 1811)]

Prints acts relating to international commerce between the United States, Britain and France. Also prints President James Madison's proclamation effectively ending the embargo, in accordance with Macon's Bill, which had been passed in 1810. Contains an address by Timothy Pickering to the people of the United States and a proclamation by Connecticut Governor John Treadwell. Features news from Europe as well as many announcements and advertisements.

GLC08769

1813/12/18

Niles, H., fl. 1813

Newspaper

Title: Weekly register. [Vol. 5, no.16 (December 18, 1813)]

Oliver H. Perry, William Henry Harrison. Published by H. Niles. War of 1812 and Creek War

GLC08770

1815-1817

Header Record

Title: Reports of State, Treasury and War Departments re: War of 1812

GLC08636

8 February 1849

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Pamphlet

Title: [Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]

Message of the President of the United States, James K. Polk, including all correspondence with Secretary of State James Buchanan regarding peace negotiations with Mexico. Includes treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Bound hardcover. House Executive Document No. 50.

GLC08640

1795

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Book

Title: Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]

Printed by Matthew Carey

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1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade

The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and Seward are the two signers of the treaty. The message was read to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed on 10 June, 1862 Printed by the U.S. G.P.O. Senate Executive Documents no. 57.

GLC08667

10 April 1779

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania packet.

Proclamation by George Washington issuing a full pardon to all deserters who return to their corps by 1 May 1779, and warning those who do not return of punishment. Proclamation dated 10 March 1779 from Middle-Brook, New Jersey. Act made law by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise $1, 900,000 from taxes in the state. Reaction in the House of Commons dated 5 December 1778 to a proclamation issued by commissioners in New York. Tolls for bridge over Schuylkill River. Advertisements for sales, statements regarding lost horses, and other advertisements.

GLC08715.01

25 May 1779

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania packet.

Proclamation by George Washington extending the deadline from 1 May 1779 to 5 July 1779 for deserters to receive a full pardon by returning to their corps. Proclamation dated 22 April 1779 from Middle-Brook, New Jersey. Original pardon proclamation in 10 April 1779 issue of the Pennsylvania Packet (GLB00317.01). Supplement passed by the Pennsylvania legislature to an act funding the state's defense. Supplement passed by the Pennsylvania legislature to an act settling the accounts of the Committee and Council of Safety. News from various cities about the Revolutionary War. Public notices…

GLC08715.02

7 March 1782

Claypoole, David C., fl. 1757-1849

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania packet. [Vol. 41, no. 855 (May 7, 1782)]

Proclamation by George Washington issuing a full pardon to all deserters who return to their corps by 1 June 1782, and warning those who do not return of punishment. Proclamation dated 8 February 1782 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Article titled "Common Sense, To the People of America. On the Expenses, Arrangements and Disbursements for carrying on the War, and finishing it with Honour and Advantage." Reports on debates in British Parliament. Advertisements for various sales.

GLC08715.03

6 January 1800

Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800

Newspaper

Title: The Connecticut courant. [Vol. 35, No. 182 (January 6, 1800)]

Includes President John Adams' statement recommending a thirty-day mourning period to the people of the United States in memory of George Washington, who died 14 December 1799. Contains a tribute to Washington in place of the Courant's usual New Year's address. Includes domestic and foreign news, notices of sale, and announcements. Frayed along the edges and taped along the seams.

GLC08716

1793

Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802

Book

Title: Common sense [with seven other pamphlets from the 1790s]

Paine, Thomas. COMMON SENSE, bound with seven other tracts by Paine. Altogether eight works (in nine parts, one title consisting of two separately issued parts.) A fine collection bound in a single volume, contemp. sheep rubbed, crudely but neatly rebacked early in sheep; in very good condition throughout. These are all (with the possible exception of #4) reprints but they are early, generally within the first or second year of the original; some are rare according to NUC; the various publishers, Symonds, Williams, Jordan, and Ridgeway, represent (with the notable absence of D.I. Eaton)…

GLC08643

21 October 1789

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 55 (October 21, 1789)]

The Declaration appears on p. 2. Printed by John Fenno. French Declaration of Rights of Man

GLC08651

29 February 1776-6 March 1776

Hall, Samuel, 1740-1807

Newspaper

Title: New-England chronicle, or the Essex gazette. [Vol 8, no. 396, (February 29 to March 6, 1776)]

Includes a call for female nurses needed for the Continental hospitals. " ... Wanted for the General Hospital, a number of Nurses for the houses at Cambridge and Roxbury, the preference will be given to Boston and Charlestown women, and some men labourers, as assistant to nurses ... " Also prints the proceedings of the Admiralty Court and news from London including the, "Government Plan of Negotiation with America." Printed by Samuel Hall.

GLC08663

1808/03/02

Reynolds, Jas., fl. 1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clay

Discusses of the Embargo of 1807 and argues that, given the character of the American people, it should not be made permanent. Notes hearing about a "raw-head & bloody bones" speech Clay gave. Clay was a congressman from Pennsylvania, "British spies are among US."

GLC08673

18 October 1773

Gill, John, 1732-1785

Newspaper

Title: The Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 667 (October 18, 1773)]

Contains a newspaper editorial probably written by Samuel Adams concerning Parliament's new tea tax and the plan to send tea ships of the East India Company to America. Signed by the pseudonym "Praedicus." Adams often used pseudonyms for the articles he wrote for the Gazette. Also includes a list of letters remaining unclaimed in the post office and other public notices and sales. Includes some news from London, Quebec, New York, and Boston.

GLC08675

15 February 1872

Woodruff, George B., fl. 1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Singer Manufacturing Company

Written to The New York Singer Office, enclosing an invoice of the "Pearl" amounting to slightly over 136 pounds (not included). Says he has been busy "flying" all over the United Kingdom completing business. Is pleased that their offices are being organized efficiently. Says business is good except for "those bug-bear Alabama claims." American claims against Great Britain for outfitting the CSS "Alabama" privateer had gone to an international arbiter, which will hurt their bottom line and might lead to war between American and Britain.

GLC08682