20 October 1864

Forbes, Paul Siemen, 1808-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to My Dear Admiral

Forbes, a Union naval officer, writes about General Ulysses S. Grant's strategy on his advance towards Richmond. " ... Grant's plan is by extending his lines westward to cut off Lee from escaping in that direction and joining his forces to those of Hood, Taylor, etc. Grant moves slowly, but surely pushes 5 or 6 miles and then fortifies so that if Lee remains in Richmond much longer, the avenue of retreat will be cut off from Lynchburg." Informs that it is believed that Confederate General Robert E. Lee will remain in Richmond until 8 November but that Grant's advance might be too rapid for…

GLC08656

1795

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Book

Title: Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]

Printed by Matthew Carey

GLC08660

November 1862

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Pamphlet

Title: What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home

Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the suffering of sick and wounded troops. Says "The recent battles East and West have completely exhausted the reserved stock of the Commission, and it is found now not only impracticable to accumulate supplies, but impossible to meet even urgent demands daily made by hospitals within sight of the very dome of the Capitol." Says materials are becoming…

GLC08665

1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade

The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and Seward are the two signers of the treaty. The message was read to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed on 10 June, 1862 Printed by the U.S. G.P.O. Senate Executive Documents no. 57.

GLC08667

12 March 1867

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Document

Title: [General order no. 16 to abolish the system of peonage in the Territory of New Mexico]

Transmits the act of Congress abolishing peonage in New Mexico "and other parts of the United States." States "that the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the same is hereby abolished and forever prohibited in the Territory of New Mexico, or in any other Territory or State of the United States..." Issued by Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.

GLC08668

1861-1863 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of James B. Floyd]

Annotated "Floyd the Thief" on mount and verso. Inscription also reads: James Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), Va. Gov. Sec. of War. Conf. Gnl."

GLC08671

7 March 1872

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannibal Hamlin

Responding to Hamlin's "letter requesting me to furnish the Committee over which you preside, any and all evidence" for an investigation into misconduct in arms sales. Discusses his speeches in the Senate on the issue. Stands by his accusations and indicates that he knows of people who could offer evidence by way of testifying. Suggests himself as the most able examiner, which is problematic since he had been excluded from the committee.

GLC08680

1861

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894

Pamphlet

Title: Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt

Full title is: "Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt, Upon the Policy of the General Government, the Pending Revolution, Its Objects, and the Duty of Kentucky in the Crisis." Printed by Henry Polkinhorn in Washington, D.C. Printed copy of a letter Holt wrote to Kentucky Judge Joshua Speed on 31 May 1861. Is glad that Kentucky has not joined the Confederacy, but says it is disappointing they have chosen a neutral course and have denied the right of all to march on their soil. Goes on to say the South is at fault for the course of events. Says origins of conflict go back to the 1830s "When General…

GLC08694

1809

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President... A statement of the militia....

GLC08698

9 March 1829

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Pamphlet

Title: Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall ...

Title continues, "... March 9th 1829, Justices Washington, Story, Duval, Johnson, and Thompson, also present, In a Writ of Error from the Eastern District of Louisiana, In the Case of Foster & Elam, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. Neilson, Defendant in Error. Messrs. Webster and R. S. Coxe for Plaintiffs, and Mr. W. Jones for Defendant." Case concerns a dispute over a tract of land in eastern Louisiana.

GLC08699

6 February 1850

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Book

Title: [California and New Mexico]

Message from President Taylor including all reports and correspondence relating to California and New Mexico. Lacks a proper cover.

GLC08701

January 24, 1850

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Book

Title: Message from the President of the United States, communicating information called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in relation to California and New Mexico

Includes all reports from the heads of departments which contain information in President Taylor's possession regarding California and New Mexico. Book lacks proper cover.

GLC08702

1861

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

Pamphlet

Title: A system of national finance. Notes explanatory of Mr. Chase's plan of national finance.

Explains Chase's plan for creating a national currency and enabling all existing banks to become national institutions. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

GLC08704

January 14, 1863

Vallandigham, Clement L., 1820-1871

Pamphlet

Title: The great Civil War in America : speech of Hon. Clement Laird Vallandigham, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, January 14, 1863

In this speech, Vallandigham criticizes President Lincoln's execution of the Civil War. Vallandigham of Dayton, Ohio, was elected to Congress in 1858 as a Democrat. He strongly supported states' rights, including the right to regulate slavery although he was personally opposed to it.

GLC08706

10 April 1779

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania packet.

Proclamation by George Washington issuing a full pardon to all deserters who return to their corps by 1 May 1779, and warning those who do not return of punishment. Proclamation dated 10 March 1779 from Middle-Brook, New Jersey. Act made law by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise $1, 900,000 from taxes in the state. Reaction in the House of Commons dated 5 December 1778 to a proclamation issued by commissioners in New York. Tolls for bridge over Schuylkill River. Advertisements for sales, statements regarding lost horses, and other advertisements.

GLC08715.01

25 May 1779

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania packet.

Proclamation by George Washington extending the deadline from 1 May 1779 to 5 July 1779 for deserters to receive a full pardon by returning to their corps. Proclamation dated 22 April 1779 from Middle-Brook, New Jersey. Original pardon proclamation in 10 April 1779 issue of the Pennsylvania Packet (GLB00317.01). Supplement passed by the Pennsylvania legislature to an act funding the state's defense. Supplement passed by the Pennsylvania legislature to an act settling the accounts of the Committee and Council of Safety. News from various cities about the Revolutionary War. Public notices…

GLC08715.02

7 March 1782

Claypoole, David C., fl. 1757-1849

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania packet. [Vol. 41, no. 855 (May 7, 1782)]

Proclamation by George Washington issuing a full pardon to all deserters who return to their corps by 1 June 1782, and warning those who do not return of punishment. Proclamation dated 8 February 1782 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Article titled "Common Sense, To the People of America. On the Expenses, Arrangements and Disbursements for carrying on the War, and finishing it with Honour and Advantage." Reports on debates in British Parliament. Advertisements for various sales.

GLC08715.03

6 January 1800

Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800

Newspaper

Title: The Connecticut courant. [Vol. 35, No. 182 (January 6, 1800)]

Includes President John Adams' statement recommending a thirty-day mourning period to the people of the United States in memory of George Washington, who died 14 December 1799. Contains a tribute to Washington in place of the Courant's usual New Year's address. Includes domestic and foreign news, notices of sale, and announcements. Frayed along the edges and taped along the seams.

GLC08716

1897

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Object

Title: McKinley-Roosevelt campaign button [no ribbon]

GLC08629

1850-1870 ca.

Currier & Ives

Header Record

Title: [Collection of seven Currier & Ives lithographs]

GLC08630

1884

Flower, Frank A., fl. 1884

Book

Title: History of the Republican Party [with 2 facsimile election tickets]

GLC08631

1864

Pamphlet

Title: The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities & beauties of despotism are fully set forth. A Guide to the Presidential Election of 1864.

A vitriolic racist attack on Lincoln in the form of a mock catechism. A list of sarcastic questions and answers which accuse Lincoln of tyranny and the Republicans of destroying the Constitution. Title page proclaims the pamphlet is "A guide to the presidential election of 1864." Questions and answers include "By Whom hath the Constitution been made obsolete? By Abraham Africanus the First." and "What is a President? A genral agent for negroes." States the first commandment of the Republicans is "Thou shalt have no other God but the negro." Includes comments about miscegenation and…

GLC08632

30 August 1864

Elmore, Edward Carrington, fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George H. Poindexter

Elmore, Confederate Treasurer, discusses the activities of G. W. Butler, a late Teller in the Treasury. Informs Poindexter, a Lieutenant and Enlistment Officer, that Treasury clerks have had little time to work on Butler's accounts. States that several million Treasury notes related to these accounts are held in Columbia, South Carolina, and have been shipped to Richmond based on the request of George Alfred Trenholm, Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. States that due to the busy condition of the Treasury, he can offer no estimate regarding the settlement of Butler's accounts.…

GLC08633

December 1864

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

Printed document signed

Title: [Certification of Illinois electors for U.S. President and Vice President]

Signed by Yates as Governor of Illinois and countersigned by O.M. Hatch as Secretary of State. For the presidential election of 1864.

GLC08635

1796

Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802

Pamphlet

Title: Decline and fall of the English system of finance

Printed by John Page and B.F. Bache.

GLC08637