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[Endorsement securing midshipman's commission]

In response to J.B. Blake's third party request for a naval position. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason.

GLC00496.130

to Joseph Gales and William Winston Seaton

Letter to the editors of the Intelligencer in Washington, D.C. Informs them that the "wine gallon" has been omitted from federal law. Noticed this when he was compiling "The Revised Statutes of the State of New York." Calls their attention to two...

GLC00496.136.01

to Mr. Gales and Mr. Seaton

Asks that the last 500 speeches of his that he ordered be sent to the folding room of the House of Representatives. Postscript requests the country newspaper be delivered to him in Buffalo, N.Y., during the recess. Wants $1 worth of speeches sent to...

GLC00496.155

to John Young Mason

Co-signed by James H. Thomas, Frederick Stanton, and Hopkins L. Turney. Endorses Baird Scott Hopkins for a midshipman position.

GLC00496.180

Panel addressed to R.Y.C. White, Lebanon, Tennessee

Free frank reads "Andrew Johnson, M.C." Front panel only. Letter is incomplete.

GLC00496.183

to A.F. Cunningham

Declines an invitation to visit with The Temperance Societies of Washington due to a prior engagement. Compliments the Societies' work by stating that "the recollection of the Friends of the Temperance in Washington, being amongst the earliest to...

GLC00496.197

to Mr. Dawson

Declines complimentary box tickets. Written at Willard's Hotel, possibly in Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Washington, D.C.

GLC00496.202

to Frances Bland Coalter

Written by Randolph as a Virginia Congressman to his sister. Writes after learning she has been ill and hopes to visit the warm springs at which she is recuperating. Says he would have been home sooner but an unexpected demand for money left him...

GLC00496.212

to unknown

Letter of introduction for Prince Ruspoli, a Roman nobleman and Admiral of the fleets at Malta.

GLC00496.215

to Mr. Murphy

Augustine Henry Shepperd speculates about the dubious appointments in Jackson's cabinet. First name missing on address sheet.

GLC00496.221

[Musical quotation signed]

Also includes a book plate from Henry K. Willard, 1333 K. Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

GLC00496.235

to John Branch

Letter of introduction of Mr. Groves of New York to Secretary of the Navy Branch. Written as Secretary of State.

GLC00496.241

[Deposition in case of Brown vs. Payne]

Signed as a witness by Augustine Washington, George Washington's half-brother, and Andrew Monroe. Deposition deals with the settlement of Brown's estate. Also contains deposition of John Brown but it is struck through. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC00496.245

[Prepared statement and depositions in case of Brown vs. Payne]

The depositions are signed as witnesses by Andrew Monroe and Augustine Washington, George Washington's half-brother. Consists of a three page statement plus docket summarizing the plaintiff's case, prepared and signed by Edmund Jenings, and...

GLC00496.246

[Promissory note binding Washington and Thornton F. Offutt to pay Thomas N. Jones $175]

Note on verso records the receipt of partial payment. Docketed on verso.

GLC00496.247

[Ship's passport for Brigantine Mary of Newburyport]

Partially printed document countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and by the Collector of the port of New York, David Gelston. Includes official seal. One of the Collection's largest ship passports.

GLC00496.257

[Forged George Washington note and facsimile]

Marked as a forgery of a note from President Washington to the cashier of the office of discount and deposit in Baltimore, Maryland. Instructs the cashier to pay [N. S.] Ridgely $230.50. Includes a facsimile of a different note mounted on the same...

GLC00496.264

to James Madison

Writes to his brother, then a Virginia congressman, about advocating for Madison's resolutions (in favor of a policy of commercial retaliation against European powers) in an election. The comment that the resolutions, which Madison submitted to...

GLC00496.267

to President of the Geological Society of New Haven

Indicates that preparations are being made for the Wilkes expedition, "an exploring & surveying Expedition for the Southern Ocean." Requests for advice on the "formation of a scientific Corps" and recommendations of suitable members. Needs men...

GLC00507.01

General Orders, no. 23.

With manuscript notes of Paul Semmes on front page. Statement of costs for clothing, camp and garrison equipment for the Army of the United States for the year starting on 1 July 1859. From the Adjutant General's office, S. Cooper. With fold out...

GLC00508.01

to Edward Wyer

John Quincy Adams writes this letter as Secretary of State. The letter is prelude to the Monroe Doctrine (12/2/1823). Dispatches were for the ambassadors in Spain, Forsyth (Spain) and Shaler (Algiers). Spain was considering Latin America intervention...

GLC00510

[Presidential pardon of Charles A. Doyen, found guilty of violating Article 22 of Navy Code on 20 July 1901 in a court martial]

Doyen, a Major in the U.S. marine Corps, had a court martial convened to try him by the Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Station on board the U.S.S. Alabama. He was sentenced to have his grade reduced two numbers and be publicly reprimanded...

GLC00511

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of States to affix the seal to the pardon of William Brown, and three others].

William Brown, William Moff, Frederick Atwater, John L. Franklin were pardoned by President Rutherford B. Hayes.

GLC00514

[Circular letter about an act to protect U.S. seamen]

Printed circular letter, labeled "Duplicate" at top, regarding an act to further protect American seamen. Mentions the slave trade. Addressed to Thomas Aborn, Commercial Agent of the U.S. at Cayenne. Signed in type by Thomas Jefferson as president...

GLC00515

to William Willard

Gideon Welles informs Willard, the Warden of the State Prison at Wethersfield, Connecticut, that he is ordering him to imprison five sailors convicted of capital crimes: Wesley B. McLane, James Wilson, James Brown, James Stivers, and Francis Johnson...

GLC00517

Pardon of Fred Frank Paul (c/s Robert F. Kennedy [AG])

Convicted of violating Sect.202 T.18 USC; pardoned as he is now law-abiding

GLC00525

Narrative of the Expedition of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854...

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his...

GLC00532

to James Robb

Henry Clay comments on the current perilous state of the Republic, and praises Senator Solomon W. Downs for his help in passing the Compromise of 1850. He asks James Robb to help make sure that the Louisiana legislature re-elects Downs as a senator...

GLC00539

to Henry W. Halleck

Henry S. Hewit will report to Washington, as ordered, in accordance with a notice to delinquents. Defends Hewit's conduct, and says if he was delinquent it was due only to a misunderstanding, but states he will report to "the 'Military Commission'"...

GLC00543

to William A. Hammond

Asks United States Surgeon General William A. Hammond to address grievances of Mrs. Bradley, a nurse at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Written on recto is a letter by S. H. Sweetland to General John Ellis Wool, with note by Lieutenant Colonel D. Whipple...

GLC00547

[Platinum Rice Print of Alexander Stephens]

Copyright written on negative on lower right corner. From the original 1865 imperial negative by Gardner, printed in 1901. Rice is believed to have been an assistant to Brady or Gardner during the Civil War. He later opened his own studio.

GLC00551

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg.

One photograph entitled, "Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg taken by Alexander Gardner dated July 1863. Image is of a corpse of a Confederate Army soldier. Gardner includes a brief vignette in which he describes visiting the site four months...

GLC00552

[Platinum Rice Print of Ulysses S. Grant]

Copyright notice written on lower left corner "1902". Portrait of Grant seated. From the original imperial negative by Gardner. Moses Rice is believed to have been assistant to Brady or Gardner during the war, after which he opened his own studio...

GLC00553

The New Capital, Columbia, S.C.

One undated photograph entitled, "The New Capital, Columbia, S.C.," taken by George N. Barnard. Pictured here is the South Carolina State House. The building is surrounded by rubble.

GLC00554

[Oval salt print of unidentified member of the Union Forces]

One undated portrait of an unidentified member of the Union Forces. Identified on verso as "Col. Greene, A.Q.M."

GLC00555

[Albumen portrait of Major General George Henry Thomas]

One undated photograph of Union Major General George Henry Thomas. See GLC05111.01.0051 for another profile view of Thomas.

GLC00556

Group portrait of Civil War officers at the front by Gardner

19 men seated and standing in two rows in various poses.

GLC00557

Cartes de visite (signed): portraits of Congressmen by Gardner

1=J. W. Patterson (Rep.-NH), 2=George Readroos (Rep.-DE), 3=A. H. Ceragin (Rep.), 4=Henry Lane (Sen.-Ind.), 5=William Stewart (Rep.-NE), 6=William B. Allison (Sen.), 7= E. H. Rollins (Sen.-NH)

GLC00558

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant and two staff members

Possibly Wilderness campaign? Grant, seated with map on his lap, with two staff members, one of them seated.

GLC00559.01

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

GLC00559.02

Carte de visite of Henry W. Benham in dress uniform and sword

Three-quarter length standing portrait.

GLC00559.06

Cornwallis' Cave, Yorktown, Va.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 2379. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.02

Fort Brady and Company Street, Va.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 2316. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.03

View from the parapet of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, S.C., during the raising of the old Flag, April 14th, 1865.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 3137. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.04

Interior of Ft. Wagner, Morris Island, S.C.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 3489. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.05

[Speech fragment on the proposed annexation of Texas]

Report of Adams to his constituents on events in the 25th Congress, intended for newspaper publication. Adams mentions the speech of Vermont Congressman William Slade, which so offended southerners that they walked out. Discusses annexation of Texas...

GLC00567

[Circular letter announcing the establishment of Smithsonian Institution]

Sends a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science (the Smithsonian). Requests information on geography, natural history, and ethnology from the unknown recipient's area of the United States....

GLC00573

to James McHenry

Written during the Quasi-War with France. The letter discusses concerns about Democrats infiltrating and subverting the army. Washington remarks that "you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to change the principles of a profest Democrat...

GLC00581

to Henry Glen, Schenectady [sic]

John Glen was a NY Congressman. Also discusses domestic reaction, Washington signing Jay's treaty, resignation of Randolph as Secretary of State, and suicide of the French consul in Pennsylvania. Henry Glen was from Schenectady.

GLC00586

[Presidential pardon of William L. King Jr., charged with arson, who had been admitted to bail in D.C. in March 1861, and who had failed to appear].

William L. King Jr was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he currently was "in military service of the United States in a distant part of the country and cannot be produced," because enforcement of the bond would impoverish his aged parents, and...

GLC00589