February 5, 1862

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George B. McClellan

Discusses gun boats being used by Grant in attack on Fort Henry. Informs McClellan "Gun boats supplied with temporary crews and in the the field. Mortar boats of no use at present. Enlistments for regular crews going on rapidly. Bombardment of Fort Henry now going on. our Troops have landed three miles below." Writing from his headquarters in St. Louis, Halleck did not know that the bombardment would not begin until the next day, 6 February 1862. The gunboats would play a key role in the Union victory at Fort Henry. Written on Department of the Missouri station.

GLC02832

1757

Book

Title: The Conduct of the late ministry, or a memorial containing a summary of facts...

Printed for W. Bizet. Relating to the French & Indian War, relations with the French and including an extract from George Washington's Second Journal.

GLC02834

16 August 1934

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Tobe Strickland (c/s Harold W. Stephens)

Convicted of manufacturing, transporting and possessing liquor.

GLC02836

1865/07/25

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Charles Friend for rebellion (c/s Seward)

GLC02837

1866/02/06

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Robert Weaver (c/s Seward)

Convicted of larceny, pardoned due to immaturity.

GLC02838

11 October 1878

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Edward Buckley, convicted of malicious trespass.

Convicted of malicious trespass; sentenced to pay a $25 fine and "...in default to serve 60 days..." imprisonment. Pardoned since he was innocent of the charges. (c/s F. W. Durand)

GLC02839

1861/08/08

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simon Cameron re: recommending Edward Ellsworth cousin of Elmer Ellsworth

Written as President to Secretary of War Cameron, asking for a commission for Ellsworth, first cousin of Col. Elmer Ellsworth. The Colonel was the first officer killed in the war. Basler, Roy, P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 186 - 1861, p. 479

GLC02840

25 April 1888

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Sherman

Intends to give Sherman a copy of a speech he (Douglass) gave on the 26th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, if the speech is published. Supports Sherman's attempt for the presidency on the Republican ticket. Written on Cedar Hill, Anacostia, D.C. stationery.

GLC02841

1779/12/15

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter

Title: to Gen. Alexander Spotswood re: horses & marriage, the French fleet [incomplete]

Incomplete, lacking signature and close. Washington jokingly remarks that he "will take the horse... as Men take their wives -- better for worse [sic]." Also mentions his disappointment over the lack of cooperation of the French fleet.

GLC02842

20 April 1870

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

Document signed

Title: Pardon of John P. Bush and James Grigsby, convicted of moonshining.

(c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC02845

1840/03/04

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Roscoe G. Greene re: Grey's Elegy, the Constitution

Adams comments at length upon punctuation in Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" (and the powers of Congress as limited or expanded by a semi-colon in the Constitution. He also writes that "No land of slavery could ever have produced Grey's Elegy."

GLC02847

16 August 1857

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William M. Lowry

Analyzes the current political situation in Tennessee and the state of the Democratic Party. Discusses West H. Humphreys, a federal judge in Tennessee with Confederate sympathies. Says Humphreys has "taken it into his head that [Gideon J.] Pillow [who wanted to run for senator] is the greatest man now living." Criticizes Pillow's qualifications and his use of their mutual friends for political gain. Also discusses Aaron V. Brown, Alfred Osbourne Pope Nicholson, Franklin Pierce, Washington C. Whitthorne, Landon Carter Haynes and William G. Brownlow.

GLC02848

14 September 1861

Ripley, James Wolfe, 1794-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Philip Kearny

Ripley, Chief of the Ordnance Office, writes to General Kearny (Ripley spells "Kearney"). Reports that 95 Enfield rifles for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd New Jersey Volunteers were transmitted to the Head Quarters of the Army of the Potomac and were returned with a letter from Col. R. B. Marcy, Chief of Staff (possibly Randolph Barnes Marcy). Marcy attests that his commanding general does not deem it advisable to issue the arms at this time.

GLC02850

1868/01/18

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwards Pierrepoint re: continuing to act as Sec. of War after suspension

GLC02853

1868/02/22

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Edmunds re: possession of War Dept. & threats of assault, impeachment

1 black and white bust engraving of Stanton included.

GLC02854

1903/02/25

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Document signed

Title: Document re: expenses for democratic government for Cherokee

Co-signed by Thomas Mitchell Buffington (principal Cherokee Indian Chief), J.T. Parks, and J.W. Zevely. Accompanied by a copy of the Act passed by the Cherokee National Council.

GLC02855

1840/08/14

Ross, John, 1790-1866

Document signed

Title: to President Martin Van Buren.

Ross had helped lead the Eastern Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi in the forced removal. Co-signed by W. Shorey Coodey, John Loony (with an "X"), Archibald Campbell (with an "X") and Elijiah Hicks.

GLC02856

22 July 1791

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Seeks an evaluation of Joseph Habersham, in order to find an appropriate federal appointment for him. Washington also asks advice on the law abilities of John Houstoun, for a possible appointment to Associate Judge for the Supreme Court. Marked confidential. Written as President to Secretary of War Knox.

GLC02857

7 September 1795

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Paine

President Washington thanks "Thos Paine - of Boston" (not the famous author of "Common Sense," who was in Paris until 1802) for a poem inscribed to him.

GLC02858

10 October 1821

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Calhoun

Written by President Monroe to Calhoun as Secretary of War. Declares that the measures Calhoun have taken in regard to the Seminole Indians have been proper. Says that "Unprincipled settlers" should be driven away, and that "It was correct also to prohibit the sale of run away slaves, since it might and probably would, as you justly observe, have opened the door to fraud. Returns the papers relating to the demands of Governor John Clark of Georgia. Mentions that he is sending the proceedings of the court of inquiry and the court martial to him by mail. Hears with regret that many are still…

GLC02859

February 15, 1794

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Marked private. Washington as President to Knox as Secretary of War. John Jay, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Rufus King, a Senator from New York, wrote a newspaper article they uncharacteristically signed with their own names decrying the actions of Edmond Charles Genet, the French Minister to America. Genet was trying to outfit privateers to support the French revolutionary government, and Washington refused to support this breach of neutrality. Genet threatened to go over Washington's head to the American public, which had given Genet a warm welcome. Jay and King published…

GLC02862

1866/11/01

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Letter signed

Title: Orders to Grant re: protection & security of Washington, with Stanton ES

Signed by Johnson as President and endorsed by Secretary of War Stanton, referring it back to Gen. Grant.

GLC02864

[1860 ca.]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman]

Inscription on verso reads: Given [to] Aunt Eliza by Judge David Daris[?] of Illinois (Bloomington) who nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency.

GLC02865

1 October 1949

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Document signed

Title: Pardon related: commuted sentence for Arthur R. McCleary (c/s Peyton Ford)

No conviction mentioned

GLC02866

15 April 1779- 17 October 1780

Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Brodhead's Revolutionary War letterbook]

Includes various letters written by Colonel Brodhead, commander of the Western Department in Pittsburgh. Early entries in this book are created in Pittsburgh, while later entries are created at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania. This book begins with a list of recipients arranged alphabetically. Recipients of Brodhead's letters include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, and many others.

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