1805/11/07

Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819

Letter signed

Title: to [Charles Willing Hare]

Addressed to "C.W. Hear." Acknowledges receipt of a notice to vacate a lot he had leased from William Bingham and agrees to vacate the property by May 1, 1806. American inventor Oliver Evans is credited with inventing the first high-pressure steam engine as well as other steam-driven machines. Bingham, former Continental Congressman and U.S. senator, had died the previous year. Hare was Bingham's nephew and lawyer.

GLC02480.06

1775/05/15

Fitch, John, 1743-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for Robert Stocton for payment in full]

Receipt to Robert Stocton [Stockton?] for payment in full. Accompanied by incomplete letter of the same date, apparently in a different hand, stating "The enclosed letter came to my Hands of," with monetary calculations. John Fitch designed and successfully launched the first steamboat in 1787. He received a U.S. patent for his steamboat in 1791. In the 1770's, Fitch made a living in Trenton as a silversmith, gunsmith, and provisioner of Continental Army troops.

GLC02480.07

1805/07/02

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Philips

Encloses his remarks [not present] on a book by Richard Parkinson (1748-1815), which he has read at the request of Sir John Sinclair. Fulton explains that his remarks are written in the form of a letter to Sinclair. He also encloses "a Sketch of Philadelphia which maybe of use" [not present]. Fulton was then residing in England. Parkinson's 1805 book "Tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800: Exhibiting Sketches of Society and Manners, and a Particular Account of the American System of Agriculture, with Its Recent Improvements" was highly critical of American society and its "widely…

GLC02480.08

20 August 1842

Goodyear, Charles, 1800-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Silliman

Sends Silliman, chemistry professor at Yale, enclosed examples (not included) of his improvements in gum elastic. Claims that "the elastic articles will not loose their elastic quality by age or by use."

GLC02480.09

1898/03/25

Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: a copy of an article

GLC02480.10

12 March 1868

Hoe, Richard March, 1812-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. H. Gibbons

Hoe, inventor of the Hoe Rotary Press, writes to Gibbons regarding property at 516 Broadway in New York City available for lease after 1 May 1869.

GLC02480.12

18 April 1855

Howe, Elias, 1819-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tucker

Discusses taking measurements of the state room and states that Tucker can do it himself next Friday, or Howe will do it and will forward the measurements next Saturday. One bust engraving of Howe included.

GLC02480.13

15 June 1880

Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 1834-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T.M. Barber

Discusses editing a paragraph describing an observatory in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Addressed to Barber as Professor, Western University of Pennsylvania.

GLC02480.14

13 April 1867

McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

McCormick, inventor of the reaping machine, writes to an unknown recipient regarding an approaching meeting.

GLC02480.15

25 July 1792

Stevens, John, 1749-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Kean

Stevens, noted for his developments in steam locomotion, discusses financial matters with John Kean, cashier of the Bank of the United States.

GLC02480.17

February 3, 1913

Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914

Typed letter signed

Title: to R. R. Robinson

Thanks Robinson for sending books. Encloses a check for $100 (not present). Addressed to Rev. R.R. Robinson, Secretary-Treasurer, Wm. McKinley Normal & Industrial School, Alexandria, Va.

GLC02480.18

8 May 1819

Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Trumbull

Whitney, noted for his invention of the cotton gin, writes to Colonel John Trumbull, an established artist residing in New York City. Introduces Trumbull to Lucius Manson, a young, self-taught artist from New Haven, Connecticut, who will soon visit New York. Requests that Trumbull assist and encourage Manson in his artistic pursuits.

GLC02480.19

26 April 1862

Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard S. Ewell

"Stonewall" Jackson discusses enemy troop positions while preparing for his Valley campaign. Believes Banks "still at New Market." Jackson is twenty eight miles from New Market, and "only about 16 miles from Fishers Gap." Also asks Ewell to send communications to General Johnston for him. Accompanied by two non-contemporary clippings describing document that were used during its sale. Written at "Swift Run Gap." One right profile and one seated engraving of Jackson included.

GLC02481

19 October 1798

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Hale

Asks Secretary of State Hale to prepare a pardon for Jacobus J. Low. Low had been convicted in Ulster County of receiving two barrels of stolen flour, and sentenced to pay a $50 fine and serve 4 months in jail. Written by Jay as Governor of New York. Two seated black and white engravings, one right profile engraving, and one bust engraving of John Jay included.

GLC02482

[1800 ca.]

Young, Arthur, 1741-1820

Document

Title: Detailed description of a plow

George Washington introduced Tobias Lear to Young, a prominent British agriculturalist.

GLC02794.178

16 December 1778

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Alexander McDougall

Written by Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army to Major General McDougall as commander of the Hudson Highlands Department. Place written inferred from George Washington Papers, which place his headquarters at Gulph Mill, Pennsylvania that day. References McDougall's letter of 9 December 1778. Says Sir Henry Clinton's fruitless naval expedition up the Hudson in December 1778 was not worth the trouble. Mentions the necessity of shuffling several officers into different commands and hopes it does not cause too many problems. Approves of his choices and management thus far.…

GLC02795

9 October 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Quincy A. Gilmore

On a small card, President Lincoln writes to Captain Gilmore, the chief engineer on the Port Royal Expedition to South Carolina, regarding General Thomas W. Sherman's attack on Port Royal: "I feel great interest in Gen. Sherman's expedition; and therefore prefer to not interfere with the programme." Accompanied by a carte de visite of Lincoln (GLC02798.02).

GLC02798.01

10 December 1859

Windom, William, 1827-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward R. Parry, Isaac Andrews, Truman Andrews, W. H. Wickoff, and Charles Mansfield

Windom, a United States Representative from Minnesota, states that he will attempt to postpone discussion in Senate regarding a proposed treaty with the Mankato (possibly referring to the Mdewakanton Sioux, who inhabited the region surrounding Mankato, Minnesota). Regarding disagreement between Northern and Southern Congressmen, declares "We have a warm time here with the Southern fire eaters ... In the House, so anxious were they to kindle anew the fires of agitation and sectionalism ... making inflamatory, disunion Speeches ... They openly avow their determination (in case of the Election…

GLC02799

1814/09/21

Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Graham

Foster writes to a childhood friend. Tells Graham of recently becoming a lawyer, his drive to succeed, and his plans to live in Nashville in order to "avoid a life of disagreeable solitude, in an insignificant country village." Dramatically reacts to the burning of Washington, D.C., describing the stakes of the War of 1812 as "our Liberty, our Independence, our national existence." Sees a possible benefit, if America's wounded pride galvanizes support for the war. Reports news about their acquaintances. Foster was a secretary to Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812 and later…

GLC02803

15 June 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Lincoln endorsement for release of Union prisoner of war]

Written on verso of a 28 April 1864 autograph letter signed from Missouri Representative Austin King. King seeks release for E. M. Brashear of Lafayette County, Missouri. Writes " While I know but little of this youth, I know his relations to be among the most respectable of my district. … I ask of you Mr President the discharge of Brashear, and I have such confidence in his sense of honor, and of the same in his relatives & friends who wish his discharge, that I feel that I risk nothing in vouching for his future fidelity to the Government." Lincoln orders that this man be allowed to…

GLC02805

2 March 1793

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [An Act to alter the times and places of holding the circuit courts in the eastern district, and in North Carolina, and for other purposes]

Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Also signed in type by Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Langdon as President pro tempore of the Senate, and approved by George Washington as President. Decided at the second session of the second Congress held at Philadelphia, 5 November 1792. Establishes the exact places and dates for the spring circuit courts to meet for each district, and creates provisions for the marshal in North Carolina to be entrusted with the powers of a judge in summoning jurymen.

GLC02806

28 October 1818

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bushrod Washington

Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, writes to Associate Justice Washington regarding the case of Oliver Evans, who claimed one of his patents had been violated. States that to his knowledge, the court "meant to decide that the specification was sufficient & enabled O. E. to prove under it at the trial that his improvement had been violated."

GLC02815

26 February 1829

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Book

Title: Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of 13th January, 1825.

"A statement of convictions, executions, and pardons, under the authority of the Government of the United States, since the adoption of the Constitution. February 26, 1829. Read, and laid upon the table." Printed as House Document no. 146, 20th Congress, 2d Session.

GLC02821

1815

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President... transmitting a Treaty of Peace...[with] Algiers

Printing a the treaty of peace between the U.S. and the Dey of Algiers with the statements of American peace commissioners Stephen Decatur and William Shaler. Printed by William A. Davis.

GLC02822

6 December 1859

Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to P. G. Washington

Discusses the ownership of an unspecified paper, mentioning several persons associated with the paper's publication. Recommended Washington's brother to one of the paper's editors. Comments that he is no longer engaged in politics, and is disappointed in the Democratic party. Discusses the Democratic Party Convention scheduled to be held in Charleston, South Carolina in April 1860. Of the candidates for nomination at the convention, prefers James Guthrie of Kentucky over Stephen Douglas. Also mentions candidate Daniel S. Dickinson. Writes, "The present position of the Slavery question…

GLC02823