13 July 1863

Tolman, Benjamin, fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: By Order of Abraham Lincoln... A draft [Dedham, Mass.]

Broadside announcing the institution of a draft in Dedham, Massachusetts, signed at the court house in Concord, Mass. by members of the Board of Enrolment: S. Benton Thompson, Addison G. Fay, and David S. Fogg. Insertions made in black crayon. Printed by Benjamin Tolman in Concord, Mass.

GLC04531

1776/11/11

Wharton, Thomas, Jr., fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: Warning inhabitants that Howe is turning troops towards Philadelphia

4-line autograph addendum apparenly in Wharon's hand.

GLC04532

1861/01/17

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon-related: remission of fine against bootlegger killed by Comanche Indians

GLC04533

13 February 1864

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

Letter signed

Title: to John Cabell Breckinridge

Confederate General Morgan expresses approval that Breckinridge will take charge of a Department in South Western Virginia. Writes "am satisfied that you will get recruits from our Old State," (possibly referring to Kentucky, though Morgan was not born there). Reports that his soldiers "are all, as you are aware, fine soldiers, and very anxious to go into Kentucky where they can certainly serve The Confederacy best, as they will, by the invasion of that State, withdraw ten times their number from the Federal Army at Chattanooga..." Relates that the railroad from Danville, Kentucky to…

GLC04534

25 March 1862

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Written by General Halleck as commander of the Department of the Mississippi to Stanton as Secretary of War. Has heard that the rebels are building one or more riverboats "clad in rail road iron like the Merrimac." Says if it is true they can wreak havoc on Union forces on the river. Wants any heavy guns at Pittsburgh sent down the Ohio River to Cairo or Columbus. Reports he has written to ask if Commander Foote can convert his ships to ironclads. Says authority to construct a river "Monitor" should be given. Expresses that delay could be fatal. Marked "in cipher."

GLC04536

5 February 1862

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas A. Scott

Asks that all possible reinforcements be sent to Cairo to assist "as I wish to cut the enemy's line before Beauregard arrives. Noted "in cypher."

GLC04537

23 November 1779

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Hudson & Co.

No Free Frank. Contests Hudson & Co.'s claim of losses, discusses debts, and comments on the plummeting value of Continental currency. One full length seated black and white engraving of Robert Morris included.

GLC04540

1783

Book

Title: The Dealer's companion and trader's assistant

GLC04542

1857

Howard, Benjamin C., 1791-1872

Book

Title: Report of cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. December term, 1856.

Published by William M. Morrison and Company. Includes report on Dred Scott v. Sandford.

GLC04394

4 September 1951

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Book signed

Title: Address of the President at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty

Inscribed to Oscar Ewing as a Christmas present. Dated 25 December 1951. No. 32 of 60 copies privately printed for Truman to give as Christmas presents.

GLC04400

30 January 1934

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

Typed document signed

Title: Address of the President on the occasion of his fifty-second birthday anniversary

Press release expressing thanks for all the birthday celebrations that are planned in his honor. Speech focuses on the problems of children crippled by polio in the United States. Discusses an organization dedicated to helping crippled children called Warm Springs with which he is deeply involved. Asks that people contribute to a fund to expand the facilities at Warm Springs.

GLC04404

31 January circa 1862

Barstow, Simon Forrester, 1817-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hooper

Barstow, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, writes to Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Complains he is constantly interrupted while writing. States, "I regretted nothing more in leaving Washington than my inability to return your pleasant visits & to pay my respects to Mrs Hooper & your family. But the news came Sunday of the attack on Romney & I started at once to join Lander. Since then our experience has been varied. Shelled in one town, frozen almost in crossing the mountains, arriving in Romney in time to withdraw the troops, a twenty hours…

GLC04418

5 December 1826

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Newspaper

Title: [State of the Union address by John Quincy Adams]

President Adams' State of the Union for 1826 printed in an extra from the National Journal, a Washington, D.C. newspaper.

GLC04419

1860

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

Autograph letter

Title: to Abram Wakeman

Marked private. Requests that he call on Abraham Lincoln, her husband, today. Discusses someone referred to only as "E." Remarks "The game of espionage has been going on to a greater extent, than we have imagined - If the Heavens fall E shall never be restored - Nicoli - himself says that E's mind is positively deranged." States that, "I believe, if possible I shall love & venerate my blessed Husband more than ever." Tells Wakeman to burn this note and to report back to her after he sees "this person," possibly again referring to "E." Document is not dated but previous cataloging…

GLC04420

28 August 1790

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Robert Morris as judge of district court in New Jersey]

Countersigned by Thomas Jefferson. The words "By the President" are written in Jefferson's hand. Endorsed on verso by James Kinsey, stating that Robert Morris appeared on 10 September 1790 and took the oath of office as Judge of the district court of New Jersey. On parchment. Faded with ink decay at top. One black and white seated engraving of Washington included.

GLC04421

10 April 1863

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

Manuscript

Title: [Account of Jackson's Valley Campaign]

Very detailed account of Jackson's Valley campaign of 1862. Written and signed by Chilton, with later additions in Jackson's own hand. Written at the Head Quarters of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Bound on top.

GLC04428

1666/05/22

Indian Treaties

Book

Title: Paix accordee par l'Empereur de France aux Iroquois [treaties]

Earliest printed treaty between Indians and a European power. Signed at Quebec on 22 May 1666.

GLC04390

1698

Locke, John, fl. 1690-1698

Book signed

Title: An Historical and Geographical Account of... Pennsylvania / By Gabriel Thomas

With Map. Includes western New Jersey

GLC04391

1758

Book

Title: The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey.

Title continues: "The acts passed during the proprietary governments, and other material transactions before the surrender thereof to Queen Anne. The instrument of surrender, and her formal acceptance thereof. Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions consequent thereon." William Alexander, Lord Stirling's copy; signed on the title page. Compiled by Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer. "Printed by W. Bradford, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for the province of New-Jersey." Evans 8205.

GLC04392

1860

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Pamphlet

Title: The Dred Scott Decision

A pamphlet containing Taney's ruling in the Dred Scott case, as well as two articles asserting the inferiority of "the negro race." One is an introduction by Van Evrie stating "the Supreme Court, in the Dred Scott decision, has defined the relations, and fixed the status of the subordinate race forever-for that decision is in accord with the natural relations of the races, and therefore can never perish. It is based on historical and existing facts, which are indisputable, and it is a necessary, indeed unavoidable inference, from these facts." The other is an essay by Cartwright entitled "…

GLC04393

1786

Pamphlet

Title: Resolves of the General Court of... Massachusetts

Contains messages of Gov. James Bowdoin on Shays' Rebellion and discussion re: appointing representatives to the Constitutional Convention

GLC04395

1794

Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

Book

Title: A View of the United States in a series of papers...

First edition. Contains papers on commercial policy, American manufactures, cotton industry and conditions in Pennsylvania. Copy owned by Joseph Humphreys Jr. with bookplate of Historical Society of Pa. References: Evans 26829 and Sabin 17307.

GLC04396

1861

Ord, Edward Ortho Cresap, 1818-1883

Book signed

Title: Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States

Signed by Major General Ord on the title page. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. at 22 & 24 North Fourth Street in Philadelphia. Published by the authority of the War Department, Simon Cameron Secretary of War. Signed on title page "Major Gen E.O.C. Ord, Comg Cornith, Miss. Do not remove this book from Head Quarters." Divided into 52 chapters on every type of military activity, regulation, and equipment. Some of the chapters deal with: "Military Discipline," Deserters," "Courts-Martial," and "Ordnance Department." Has 3 appendices at the back: "Articles of War," "Extracts from Acts…

GLC04397

[1792]

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Pamphlet

Title: Observations on Paine's Rights of Man, in a series of lectures, by Publicola

Edinburgh edition. First separate printing, originally published in Boston newspaper June-July 1791. Disbound. Attributed to John Quincy Adams by himself (see GLC 958.07)

GLC04398

24 September 1863

Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875

Document signed

Title: General orders no. 1

General Pickett assumes command of the Department of North Carolina and announces his staff appointments. Sent to Major General William H. C. Whiting, commanding at Wilmington, North Carolina.

GLC04399