1915/12/14

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to R. Fulton Cutting

Asks Cutting to join Herbert Hoover's enlarged Commission for the Relief of Belgium during World War I.

GLC02339

1865/03/22

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Note signed

Title: Ordering that "this man take the oath of Dec 8th" [written on back of letter]

GLC02371.02

1861/01/27

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elise Bragg re: eye-witness account of secession of Louisiana

Written on state Executive Mansion stationery, and also mentioning the replacement of the Federal flag by "the Goose [sic, Pelican] was hoisted in its stead"

GLC02282

1861/04/08

Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863

Manuscript document signed

Title: Copy of... resolution approving appointment of Beauregard by Pickens

Written as clerk of the South Carolina secession convention.

GLC02284

1861/04/19

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Gov. John Letcher re: asking Virginia to join CSA and sending Stephens

Signed as President of the Confederacy. Also sending Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens to negotiate alliance.

GLC02285

1781/06/16

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: neutrality, French alliance, and his anti-British feelings

Written as U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. The first part recommends the bearer, Mr. Le Roy, desirous of commercial connections in America. Adams deprecates the idea of armed neutrality and concludes: "you must not entertain the most distant Idea of Peace while there is one British Soldier alive and at Liberty in America."

GLC02292

1785/07/06

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: frustrations and doubts on British commercial treaty

Written as U.S. Minister to Great Britain after formally presenting his credentials to George III. Enclosing letters (not included) "sent to Mr. Jay in Cypher." America had been flooded with British imports after the Revolution, but Congress was not permitted to enact protective tariffs. Instead, various states enacted tariffs.

GLC02293

1862/08/10

Eliot, S. F., fl. 1862

Letter signed

Title: to Brigadier General John M. Brannan

Signed as Brigade Surgeon, 4th N.H. Vols. About health problems in his regiment.

GLC02297.09

1814/06/04

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Dearborn

Lists the estimated costs of constructing the first steam-powered U.S. naval vessel. Fulton estimates that $25,000 will be required for three months, with the amount decreasing after that. Costs include materials, wages, and a monthly payment to the shipbuilders, "the Messrs. Browns." Accompanied by scribal document giving specifications for "U.S.S. Fulton the First." Former secretary of war Major General Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) served as commander of New York's defenses during the War of 1812. The inventor, engineer, and artist Robert Fulton had been constructing and operating…

GLC02302

1788/08/11

Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Huntington

Responds to news from Huntington that Congress has chosen Baltimore as a meeting place, but agrees with him that this may not be the final location. Notes that a Colonel Samuel Abbott is very ill. Also informs Huntington that his wife, Anne Huntington, is sick. Abbott died later that year. This was a retained copy of the letter docketed by Samuel Huntington.

GLC02311

1952/08/12

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Portion of an address on the containment of Communism]

Incomplete draft of a speech Kennedy delivered 12 August 1952 to the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Federation of Labor. Reflects on Communist expansion and America's need to contain it. Working manuscript with many insertions and deletions. Written on stationary of the House of Representatives.

GLC02313

1861/07/15

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Col. A.C. Moore re: organizing defenses of Virginia

Written as Major General to Moore, commander of the 29th Regt. Va. Vols., during the week before first Manassas. (Written before his assignment as commander in South Carolina and later as commander in chief of the Army of Northern Virginia.)

GLC02314

1857/09/30

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Yates re: urging him to run for election for Illinois governor

Yates served as governor of Illinois during the Civil War. Basler 2: 424. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 424

GLC02315

1861 circa

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Expects to arrive in New York in a few days.

GLC02320.06

1862/05/16

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph E. Johnston re: defense of Richmond, troop positions, etc.

Written as commander in chief of the Army of Northern Virginia.

GLC02348

1875/06/15

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas F. Pinckney

Comments on the present difficulties faced by engineers, but sees better times ahead. Says that Texas has "a big and a bright future, far more promising than any other southern State." Claims the state now needs more laborers to reorganize the society and the economy for future growth.

GLC02359

12 May [1864]

Tompkins, Charles, fl. 1864

Note signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Battle note, on scrap of paper, asking for cohorns (mortars). Year inferred based on date. Location was probably the Spotsylvania campaign.

GLC02382.027

1832/05/06

Redding, Ebenezer H., fl. 1829-1832

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for $1.00 from Corn. Williams]

Redding attests to his receipt of payment from Corn. Williams. The docket identifies it as a "Bill on Estate," although it was not indicated what the payment was for. Redding was possibly Ebenezer Redding of Washington County, Maine, who lived from 1782-1838.

GLC01450.724.04

1865/05/20

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [James Buchanan]

Brady carte de visite, signed and dated on the mount by Buchanan.

GLC01453

1890 ca.

Parker, Charles W., fl. 1889-1890

Photograph signed

Title: [Benjamin Harrison]

Cabinet photograph of President Harrison. Part of a matching set, one with his wife's image. Image by Charles Parker of Washington.

GLC01456.01

1974/11/20

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Typed document signed

Title: Gerald Ford's Remarks in Japan

Signed in blue felt-tip marker on page 6. The speech discusses the state of American-Japanese relations. Speech given as the first American President to visit Japan. Tucked into a gilt stamped leather valise with yellow moiré tabs, said to have been the official presentation binder.

GLC01474

1717/08/25

George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727

Document signed

Title: [Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Captain]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Captain in the Regiment of Colonel Richard Phillips Esq. Signed by Secretary of War R. Arnold. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Signed by J. Addison below the phrase "by His Majesties Command." Features a dark blue paper seal. Written at Hampton Court.

GLC01450.441

1762/04/07

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Document signed

Title: Orders payment to Moses Franks for troop supplies against the Cherokee Indians on the Frontiers of Virginia .

Franks was a prominent Jewish merchant.

GLC01450.507

1755/02/26

Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794

Autograph document

Title: An Act for making provisions for the subsistence of his Majesty's Forces during their march through this colony and for providingcarriages for transporting their baggage

The act provided for subsistence and transport for British forces. It is in Clark's hand, with signatures by J. Betcher (Governor) and others. Second page is docketed on verso on the same date as creation. Both pages are bound at the top by a red ribbon that remains intact.

GLC01450.524

1778/04/01

Page, Samuel, 1753-1814

Manuscript

Title: Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Pages Company of Massachusetts Bay Regiment of Foot in the Service of the United States Commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper all engaged for the term of three years Taken for the month of March

Lists officers and soldiers under the command of Captain Samuel Page as a part of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment stationed at Valley Forge as of April 7, 1778. The 11th Massachusetts was a par of Patterson's Brigade. Four Sergeants, Three "Corprels", Twenty-Seven Privates, and One Drum & Fife Boy are listed. The document is signed by Captain Samuel Page and Lieutenant John Foster and dated to April 7, 1778. The document is docketed on verso. Notes are made in a separate column concerning the specific assignments of each soldier in the Company.

GLC01450.529