10 March 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866].

Pardoned since the judge and the jury said he was a proper object of executive clemency. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00452

June 3, 1825

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John H. Houston

The letter discusses his reasons for not marrying and political plans. Also mentions his not running for governor. John H. Houston was Sam Houston's cousin.

GLC00453

09 May 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of John Brown, Michael Whelan, and Benjamin Gilbert, convicted in the District of Columbia in 1865 of assault and battery].

Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after serving 5 months of their 1 year sentences because of their good conduct and on the recommendation of the judge who tried them. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00455

November 25, 1946

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Ralph Cooper Hutchinson

Writes about returning Hutchinson's biography of General Grant. Mentions that he can no longer make the Army-Navy game because his schedule is too busy. Congratulates Hutchinson, who was president of Lafayette College, on his team's victory. Addressed to Dr. R. C. Hutchinson, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.

GLC00456.02

06 September 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Cephas Brainerd, interim arbitrator (c/s Seward)]

Partly printed document, countersigned by William H. Seward, appointing Cephas Brainerd interim arbiter for the Treaty with Britain suppressing the slave trade. Docketed. With white paper seal. Watermark: Wilcox|Philadelphia.

GLC00457

20 June 1867

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Solomon Smith, convicted of larceny.

Convicted of larceny along with his wife; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Pardoned due to his innocence. (c/s William H. Seward)

GLC00459

2 January 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document

Title: Emancipation Proclamation General Orders No.1

Fifth printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, first Army printing. General Orders No. 1. Disbound.

GLC00460

May 27, 1777

Hooper, William, 1742-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Morris

William Hooper laments the failure of North Carolina to re-elect his associate Joseph Hewes to the Continental Congress. Discusses and rejects the charges of profiteering leveled against Hewes (and others) while he was a member of the Secret Committee of Congress. Asks Morris, who chaired the Secret Committee, to write a certificate in support of Hewes and have it attested to by other members. Discusses his reasons for declining his reappointment as a delegate to the Continental Congress, citing "private affairs" related to his family, although he also intended to rebuild his fortune.…

GLC00462

April 30, 1853

Herst, William L., fl. 1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Campbell

Asks Campbell for his opinion on the appointment of James Burnside as head of a committee. Encloses some sort of criticism of the appointment (not present) and states that he has replied to it but considers the approach unjust. Addressed to Campbell as Postmaster General in Washington.

GLC00467.02

1861-1864

Header Record

Title: Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC00451

May 11, 1861

Thomas, John Lewis, Jr., 1835-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Thomas, Baltimore city solicitor, relates events that took place during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot to Maryland Governor Hicks. States that General Charles Calvert Egerton falsely informed a mob that Hicks had issued orders that Union troops could not pass through Baltimore and that those soldiers already present should "be driven back by the people." Informs Hicks that upon hearing Egerton's statement, Thomas rushed to the office of Baltimore Mayor George M. Brown. Claims that Brown, who feared invasion from the North, ordered that "all the rail road tracks leading to the city should…

GLC00451.01

May 16, 1861

Mercer, R.S., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Mercer, Governor Hick's aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, states that during the riot Hicks refused to interfere with the passage of Northern troops through the city despite the urging of his political colleagues. Written at the Mercer family estate.

GLC00451.02

May 1861

Shriver, Edward G., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Co-signed by Grayson Eichelberger, Ulysses Hobbs, and William Maulsby, soldiers present for the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot. Shriver et al. claim that General Bradley Tyler Johnson, with Baltimore Marshal of Police George Proctor Kane and others, intended to resist the passage of Northern troops through Baltimore by means of burning the bridges leading into the city.

GLC00451.03

circa 1861

Mercer, R.S., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Mercer, Maryland Governor Hicks' aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, transmits a statement (not included) describing events of the Riot. Claims that he heard Hicks order General Charles Calvert Egerton to drive back the mob of citizens confronting Northern soldiers during the milieu. States that Egerton, who drove back Union troops instead of Baltimore citizens, claims misapprehension of Hicks' orders.

GLC00451.04

circa 1861

Manuscript

Title: [Statement from an unknown witness regarding the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot]

Attests that police Marshal George Proctor Kane ordered men to protect the Union troops passing through the city. Claims that in the confusion, Union soldiers fired indiscriminately into the mob, which included Mayor George W. Brown. Recalls "laboring under violent excitement ... for who could look calmly on and see the 'Yankee Miscreants' shoot our people in the Streets."

GLC00451.05

May 30, 1861

Johannes, J.G., fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Based on the request of Maryland Governor Hicks, Colonel John G. Johannes recalls events of the Baltimore Riot. States that 19 April 19, 1861, after spotting a signal light from the Armory of the Maryland Guard, he consulted his Commander, who had been dispatched to the office of George Proctor Kane, Marshal of Police. Claims that General Charles Calvert Egerton ordered Johannes and thirty men to report to Kane immediately. Recalls that bridges into the city were burned "entirely by the police force under the immediate eye of the marshall."

GLC00451.06

December 1861

Vickers, George, 1801-1879

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Also signed by Jesse K. Hines, William T. Smyth, S. [R.?] Spencer, and Edward Wilkins. A committee transmits an inscribed silver pitcher, waiter, and goblets to Thomas Holliday Hicks at the end of his term as Maryland Governor. According to the committee's statement, the inscription reads: "To his excellency, Thomas Hollyday Hicks, Governor of the State of Maryland. From the Union men of Kent, for his unswerving devotion to the Constitution, and the Union."

GLC00451.07

August 23, 1864

Corkran, F. S., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

He takes it for granted that the new state constitution will be ratified and a new governor will be elected, but doubts that the new governor will be as good as Hicks was. In Annapolis last winter he spoke with Judge Bowie of Montgomery County, one of the judges of the Court of Appeals. Others support Judge Bond, but he cannot forget Bond said he was for secession during the controversial discussion of slavery at the Methodist Conference in Staunton, Virginia, in 1861. He promises Baltimore County for Bowie. Marked confidential. From 1862 to 1865 Hicks was a United States Senator from…

GLC00451.08

circa 1862

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Draft of Sumner's article on "Domestic Relations" with regard to the Confederate states]

Sumner, a United States Senator and abolitionist, opens his lengthy article by stating "At this moment, our Domestic Relations all hinge upon one question; what shall be done with the rebel States?" Discusses abolition and human nature, quoting William Lloyd Garrison's statement that "while men despise fraud, and loathe rapine and abhor blood, they will reject with indignation, the wild and guilty phantasy that man can hold property in man" (folder two, page 22). Expresses his opinion on Southern secession. Several sections written in a different hand. Paginated in crayon and pencil,…

GLC00454

25 November 1946

Header Record

Title: Collection of two items related to Dwight D. Eisenhower [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00456

1942

Brooks, William Elizabeth, 1875-1960

Book signed

Title: Grant of Appomattox, a study of the man, by William E. Brooks

Inscribed by Brooks to Ralph Hutchinson, 12 October 1942. Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower as "presented to me," and dated 21 November 1946. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. First edition.

GLC00456.01

July 9, 1863

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Note signed

Title: to Emily J. Semmes

Describes how he was severely wounded in Gettysburg: "Wounded severely. Main danger over. Remain at home. Will write." Semmes signed this note one day before dying of a gunshot wound to the leg received at Gettysburg.

GLC00458

January 23, 1705

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

Header Record

Title: Testimony rearding an altercation between John Winchester, Jr., Thomas Trowbridge and the Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley. [decimalized .01 -.03]

Two documents concerning an altercation between two carters John Winchester, Jr. and Thomas Trowbridge and the Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley.

GLC00461

January 23, 1705

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Reverend and Dear Sir

Includes his testimony to the Superior Court of an altercation he has had with two carters, John Winchester, Jr. and Thomas Trowbridge. He claims they attacked him when he ordered them to make way for his carriage and he wishes to press charges. Signed as Governor of Massachusetts.

GLC00461.01

January 23, 1705

Trowbridge, Thomas, fl. 1705

Document signed

Title: I Thomas Trowbridg of Newtown being upon the seventh day of December 1705 upon the road leading to Boston.

Also signed by John Winchester, Jr. Trowbridge and Winchester had been accused by Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley of attacking him, and he had pressed charges. The two carters deny the charges and say that Dudley was the aggressor. The men were discharged 6 November 1706.

GLC00461.02