28 September 1798

Heron, William, fl. 1798

Document signed

Title: William Heron document

Heron was a Revolutionary War double agent involved with Arnold and Andre. Enclosing "An Act to provide for the valuation for lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves. . ."

GLC08389.03

1779-1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Collection of two items re: American prisoners of war] Decimalized

GLC08390

22 October 1779

Farry, John, fl. 1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deposition of American sailor captured by the British off Nova Scotia in 1778]

GLC08390.01

27 November 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Prisoner Petition]

"The Petitioned Number of American Prisoners of War . . .," requesting exchange for British officers and seamen. Penned from Kinial Prison, signed by 10 American POW's.

GLC08390.02

28 May 1781

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to American Counsel at Cadiz, Richard Harrison

Re: Current negotiations between United States and Spain, and ordering material to be used in clothing African-American laborers.

GLC08391

15 April 1862

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel P. B. Fouke

Re: Sending 71st Ohio to relieve his command at Fort Donelson & Clarksville. "Use all dispatch in getting here [to Headquarters of Dept of West], leaving your wagons. . .and four teams. . .bringing everything else."

GLC08392

14 November 1836

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph document signed

Title: [Gubernatorial Proclamation]

"An Act to prescribe the mode of choosing electors to vote for President and Vice President of the United States." Signed three times.

GLC08393

circa 1868

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Object

Title: [U.S. Army razor]

U.S. Army razor, engraved "U. S. Grant," with White House provenance.

GLC08394

1870

Broadside

Title: [Anti-15th Amendment]

"Hedgehog's Grand Combination of Powers of Darkness. . .The whole to conclude with Hedgehog's celebrated feat of swallowing a live negro!. . ." Reconstruction

GLC08395

[1876]

Document

Title: "Bloody Colfax"

Distributed during the hotly contested Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1876, "The Colored Chiefs testify. . .The Hellish plot by which, through the slaughter of the negroes, the Kellogg usurpation secured Northern sympathy. . ."

GLC08396

30 May 1831

Document

Title: Slavery contract

Contract between James Reed and "Providence, a negro man aged about twenty-eight years," binding Providence to Reed for ninety years. Reed planned on emigrating to Texas, then a provice of Mexico, where slavery was not legal.

GLC08397

1 April 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Samuel B. Wallace as Second Lieutenant]

Signed by Lincoln as President, Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, and Edward Davis Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Includes blue seal at top left corner.

GLC01207

circa 1900

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Header Record

Title: [decimalized]

GLC01266

29 August 1776

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Pay order for Uriah Hanks]

Cosigned by T. Seymour. Requesting from Treasurer John Lawrence payment of 18 pounds 13 shillings for a gun lock Hanks manufactured. Costs should be charged to the state of Connecticut. Note on reverse signed by Uriah Hanks certifies that he received the money. Hanks was a prominent gun maker from Connecticut.

GLC01450.074.01

7 January 1777

Dunham, Dan, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for gun locks]

Certifies that Dunham received from and paid for two gun locks manufactured by Uriah Hanks last September. Hanks was a prominent gun maker from Connecticut.

GLC01450.074.02

7 May 1777

Clarke, Timothy, fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for gun locks]

Certifies that Church received and paid for two gun locks manufactured by Uriah Hanks last March. Hanks was a prominent gun maker from Connecticut.

GLC01450.074.03

December 1771

Document

Title: [Receipt]

"Grease" written at the top, then a list of five men's names with numbers beside them. Possibly a listing of men on a ship and their payment.

GLC01450.085.01

27 September 1777

Jepson, Benjamin, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for delivery to Captain Drinkwater]

Asks that 26 bushels of corn be delivered to Captain Drinkwater. Note on reverse signed by Elijah Drinkwater stating he received the bushels.

GLC01450.085.02

1858

Foster, fl. 1858

Header Record

Title: [Two Letters] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01450.712

1835

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Pamphlet signed

Title: An address delivered at Lexington on the 19th (20th) of April, 1835

Second edition. Published by William W. Wheildon. Signed "John C. Lee, Esq.: With the respects of E. Everett." Everett, a Massachusetts Congressman, commemorates the heroic stand made by Massachusetts militiamen against advancing British forces on 19 April 1775. Includes names of soldiers who fought during the battle of Lexington and an appendix listing the order of services of the commemoration.

GLC03223.01

1835

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of Edward Everett]

Everett was Massachusetts Congressman.

GLC03223.02

1861-1865

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Header Record

Title: Letter and photograph

GLC05508.053

1854-1859 circa

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

Header Record

Title: [Decimalized .01- .03]

GLC06027

1847-1848

Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876

Header Record

Title: [Decimalized .01- .19]

GLC06293

22 September 1918

Hopkins, Lawrence L., fl. 1918-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. A.W. Hopkins

Tells his mother that he is writing this letter on the floor of his tent out of the torrential rain. Mentions having received a letter from Harold. Includes a description of the local flowers in bloom directed at his father. Reminds his mother about items he would like included in his care package. Written on YMCA letterhead.

GLC07810.030