23 December 1837

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter Wager

Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling exists among the southern men, than at any former period, on the subject of the abolition petitions. I begin to fear that the question may prove dangerous to the Union."

GLC02949

1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: Items pertaining to John Augustine Washington [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02953

15 December 1835

McFarland, William, fl. 1835

Document signed

Title: [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

1849/09/03

Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849

Manuscript document

Title: 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

1844/03/04

Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: 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

1887

Johnson, A.J., fl. 1887

Map

Title: County map of the state of Texas

County map of Texas from 1887. Colored in pink and green. Includes a smaller map of the "plan of Galveston and vicinity." Page numbers on top of map are 64 and 65. Published by Wm Bradley & Bros.

GLC02942

1865-1880

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Header Record

Title: Documents regarding the Deschapelles plantation in Louisiana during and after Reconstruction [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC02943

1819/09/02

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Spencer Roane

Responds to Judge Roane's critical comments on the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland. Contends that the case "did not call for the general & abstract doctrine interwoven with the decision," preferring that the court evaluate the meaning of the law from particular decisions, not abstractions. Worries about growing legislative powers of the federal government, the doctrine of expediency implied by the ruling, and the institution of a broad "rule of [constitutional] construction." Argues that much misinterpretation of the Constitution arises from "the use made of the…

GLC02945

12 December 1838

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Brown Dillon

Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General Government it is retained by the States..." Argues that its omission from the Constitution leaves the slavery question up to individual states, not to the federal government. Emphasizes he is writing as a friend, not for publication. Includes a note written in pencil at the top of page one, pertaining to the purchase of this letter and…

GLC02946

21 January 1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter

Title: to James H. Wilson

Celebratory discussion of union victories in the South. Sherman writes that he "knocked the daylight through Georgia," that General Wilson and General George H. Thomas gave confederate Generals "Hood & Forest a taste of what they have to Expect by trying to meddle with out Conquered territory," and Captain Hugh Judson Kilpatrick "bamboozled Wheeler and...befuddled Hardee. Mentions his intention to attack Columbia, South Carolina and to raid Selma, Alabama. Signature has been removed and replaced by one written in another hand, possibly for clerical purposes.

GLC02947

1 April 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Bocock

Text written for Davis by his private secretary, Burton Harrison. Indicates he is sending a communication from the Secretary of the Navy (not included) related to the budget for prosecuting the Civil War. "I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, conveying information sought by a 'Resolution of the House' requesting the President to communicate to the House what additional sums of money, if any, are in his judgment necessary to the departments of War and Navy in order to secure a successful prosecution of the War and effective…

GLC02950

1785/12/03

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Jay re: powers and liabilities of consuls

Written as American Minister to Great Britain, to Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jay. Adams recommends Winslow Warren to be consul in Lisbon and discusses qualifications for consuls. Docketed by Jay. Written at Grosvenor Square.

GLC02951

23 August 1662

Endecott, John, fl. 1662

Document signed

Title: [Chapman v. Pinson].

Robert Chapman, a member of a ship's company of about 30 years of age, had accused the master, Maxammilian Pinson, of denying him his wages. Deposition taken by Endecott as Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Endecott was governor of the colony five times. One black and white bust engraving of Endecott included.

GLC02952

26 June 1857

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas.

Speech on the subjects of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois, June 26th, 1857.

GLC02954

17 July 1858

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.

Discusses the disadvantages faced by the Republican Party in the upcoming election. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the South's reliance on slavery was engaged in a conspiracy to nationalize slavery and strip White people as well as Black people of their civil rights. States that the Kansas-Nebraska bill was the beginning of this. Urges that slavery be placed on the course of "ultimate extinction." Attacks Stephen Douglas and defends himself by stating that he supports the principles of equality put forth in the Declaration…

GLC02955

1858

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Facts for the people

Contains the following documents: "Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858;" "Great Speech of Senator Trumbull, on the Issues of the Day, Delivered in Chicago, Saturday, August 7, 1858;" "Douglas' Chicago Speech vs. his Freeport Speech: Dred Scott Swallowed in Chicago and Thrown Up in Freeport-What the Supreme Court Says-What President Buchanan Says-The Little Dodger Cornered and Caught;" "What the Southern Papers Say: The Louisville Journal on Douglas and Lincoln-Opinion of the Home Organ of Henry Clay;" "The Political Record of Stephen A.…

GLC02956

1860

Washburne, E.B., 1816-1887

Pamphlet

Title: Abraham Lincoln, his personal history and public record. Speech of Hon. E.B. Washburne of Illinois.

Speech delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, May 29, 1860. Published by the Republican Congressional Committee. Washburne, a U.S. Congressman from Illinois, was a Lincoln supporter and chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee.

GLC02958

1777-1779

Manuscript document

Title: [Document on manuevers for Nixon's & Glover's brigades]

Undated and without place. References the movements and maneuvers of Nixon's brigade, Glover's brigade, and Sullivan's division. Is very specific on where flankers need to be. Notes that "Above all a most strict Silence is to be observ'd." Dating based on Glover's promotion to brigadier general in 1777 and Sullivan's resignation in 1779.

GLC02959

1860

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: "The Irrepressible Conflict" or the Republican Barge in Danger

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Cartoon making reference to the so-called "Irrepressible Conflict" speech given by New York Senator William Seward at Rochester, New York on 25 October 1858. This speech ignited a firestorm of criticism and probably cost Seward the presidency. The cartoon reflects the considerable bitterness among New York Republicans at the party's surprising failure to nominate Seward for president at its May 1860 national convention. The print was probably issued soon after the convention's nomination of Abraham Lincoln. The "Republican Barge…

GLC03489

26 March 1807

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to James Monroe

Secretary of State Madison informs, Monroe, then the American minister to Great Britain, that David Erskine, the British minister to the United States, communicated "the late British order against the trade between the ports of France and others..." Includes a copy (see GLC03490.03) and a copy of Madison's response to Erskine (see GLC03490.02). That order precipitated the passage of the Embargo Act later that year.

GLC03490.01

20 March 1807

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter

Title: to James Monroe [copy]

Secretary of State Madison's response to British minister to the United States Erskine's letter informing him that Parliament had issued an order denying trade among the ports of France, in retaliation for France's Berlin Decree (see GLC03490.03). Explains that he has relayed the news to President Jefferson and describes Jefferson's position, which questions the legality of the measure in detail. That order precipitated the passage of the Embargo Act later that year. Copy sent to James Monroe, then the American minister to Great Britain, along with GLC03490.01 and GLC03490.03. Docketed by…

GLC03490.02

12 March 1807

Erskine, David Montagu, 1776-1855

Letter

Title: to James Madison [copy]

Erskine, the British minister to the United States, informs Secretary of State Madison that Parliament has issued an order denying trade among the ports of France, in retaliation for France's Berlin Decree. That order precipitated the passage of the Embargo Act later that year. Copy sent to James Monroe, then the American minister to Great Britain, along with GLC03490.01 and GLC03490.02.

GLC03490.03

8 July 1801

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to port collectors

Circular letter informing port collectors that lists of Americans being detained on British ships are being sent to them. Signed as Secretary of State.

GLC03492

5 July 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Authorization to affix the seal of the United States to Lincoln's proclamation]

Partially printed document authorizes the Secretary of State to affix the seal to Lincoln's proclamation suspending the privilege of habeas corpus and establishing martial law in Kentucky. The proclamation is not present but states in part, " ... Whereas many citizens of the State of Kentucky have joined the forces of the insurgents ... have overborne the civil authorities and made flagrant civil war ... I, Abraham Lincoln ... do therefore hereby require of the military officers in the said state that the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus be effectually suspended within the said State…

GLC03493

1 October 1803

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Printed letter signed

Title: to Collectors of the Customs of the United States

Circular letter discussing certificates issued to protect American seamen from impressment. Also asking for reports on the other "outrages committed by the cruisers of the belligerent powers." Signed as Secretary of State.

GLC03494