21 February 1783

Paca, William, 1740-1799

Autograph letter

Title: to George Washington

Written by Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as Governor of Maryland to General Washington. Signature has been clipped and added. Says there is reason to believe the British crown has prohibited offensive operations on the continent. Claims that if that is true, it has been violated by armed vessels in the Chesapeake. Says a party under Wheland landed and plundered the town of Benedict, Maryland. Mentions that Colonel Plater's negroes were plundered. Wants Washington to know about these violations so he can bring them up in any future negotiations with British officers.

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3 December 1807

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Voigt

Commissions Voight to make him a gold watch for his granddaughter.

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1925

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Book signed

Title: Message of the President.

Signed State of the Union Address.

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21 February 1870

Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879

Document signed

Title: [Signatures of Senators and Congressmen requesting a speech by Zachariah Chandler on the topic of Fitz-John Porter]

Signed by 39 Senators and Congressmen, including Alexander Ramsey, Benjamin Franklin Rice, Charles Sumner, Hannibal Hamlin, Richard Yates, Carl Schurz, and Simon Cameron. Speeches ordered are to be printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Nine of the signers voted for and signed the 13th Amendment in 1865. The remaining signers are: Zachariah Chandler, Jacob Merritt Howard, Alexander McDonald, Matthew Hale Carpenter, William Alfred Buckingham, James Bruen Howell, James Warren Nye, John Spafford Harris, Reuben Eaton Fenton, William Pitt Kellogg, Abijah Gilbert, Thomas Ward Osborn, George…

GLC03947

1863-1864

Slayton, Chester, fl. 1863-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Chester M. Slayton, B company, 25th regiment, Michigan, infantry] [decimalized]

The Asa W. Slayton and Chester M. Slayton collection contains letters primarily written to Asa Slayton. This collection also includes two speeches written by Asa. Friends and family wrote these letters to Asa during Civil War and in the ten years following the war. Chester M. Slayton wrote four of these letters during his participation in Sherman's March to the Sea. (#1-4) These letters described the battle of Kennesaw Mountain (#1,2). He also describes the battle of Marietta, Georgia (#4). These letters give insight into the daily activities of a soldier in the engineering department.…

GLC03955

10 June 1862

Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Dahlgren

Written by Fox as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to Dahlgren as commander of the Washington Navy Yard. Tells Dahlgren that Ericsson is willing to produce 1 inch plates. Wants his report on the firing of cannon and his opinion before he proceeds. Dahlgren wrote a note at the bottom saying "Ericson was very positive as to his plates - why should he hesitate now?" Refers to inventor John Ericsson, who designed the ironclad "Monitor."

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10 May 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to pardon of James Brady, for theft of mail

Brady had been convicted of stealing from the mail and sentenced for two years imprisonment. After serving nearly two-thirds of his sentence, he was pardoned by Lincoln for penitent and exemplary nammer.

GLC03966

1921/03/04

McAdoo, William G., 1863-1941

Document signed

Title: Press statement re: Woodrow Wilson's work at the Peace Conference (Versailles)

Arguing that Wilson "laid the foundations of world peace and a new order" and that Wilson's work will last despite "[t]he tides of reaction."

GLC03967

13 April 1792

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [Act of Congress altering times for holding circuit courts]

Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Signed in type by Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Adams as Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and approved by George Washington as President. Details an act approved at the first session of the second Congress held at Philadelphia, 27 October 1791, regarding the date that the district circuit courts will hold session. Docket marks the document as duplicate. A penciled note states it is docketed by Samuel Huntington.

GLC03968

1864/02/01

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government-appointed manager contributed to the colony's failure. The transport ship dispatched by President Lincoln picked up only 368 survivors.

GLC03973

18 February 1872

Ku Klux Klan

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Sumner

The KKK order Senator Sumner, a noted abolitionist and advocate for African-American rights, to leave Washington, D. C. before 4 March 1872. The Klan declares "the KK are strong in this Section and bifor Long we will Sting the Yankee Farmer Living in this place as we want to clean the Yankee from this Land So take warning one and all".

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16 December 1856

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Silas Ketchum

Senator Sumner informs Ketchum, "Of course, I cannot identify the child to which you refer. There was a little girl quite white, a slave in Washington, whose freedom was purchased through my agency, & afterwards sent to Boston, where I presume she now is. She was sometimes called Ida May, & was about 10 years of age." In a post script, writes, "Of course, the proslavery democratic papers deny everything that tells against Slavery. They deny the wrongs of Kansas!"

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17 July 1860

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Jacob Smith for mail tampering].

Pardon is countersigned by Acting Secretary of State William Henry Trescot. After serving his sentence, Jacob Smith continued to be imprisoned in Philadelphia for nonpayment of his $500 fine. He was pardoned by Buchanan after this was petitioned by citizens of Dauphin County (where the offenses took place) and by Pennsylvania Senator William Bigler.

GLC03984

1841/03/18

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John MacKay re: birth of daughter Agnes, engineer business, officers marrying

Paper is overall darkened. With integral address panel on p. 4 (Lee has written on all panels which would have been folded out of view. Talks about Congress, General Winfield Scott, etc.

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9 October 1904

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gaston

Discusses Senator James T. Heflin's remarks on assassination of McKinley. Also writes that black voters hold the balance of power in some states and that Roosevelt would be re-elected. Written on Department of Justice letterhead.

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3 December 1838

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Last page of 1838 message to Congress]

"Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the expediency of vesting such a power in the Judiciary in a system of Government constituted like that of the United States, all must agree that these disparaging discrepancies in the law and in the administration of justice ought not to be permitted to continue; and as Congress along can provide the remedy, the subject is unavoidable presented to your consideration." Note on verso dated 4 December 1838 states this was read and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate.

GLC03994

3 July 1900

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Hay

Text reads: "Hay. Instructions to Ambassadors in China defining the attitude of the United States. Approved". Written on Executive Mansion stationery.

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April 1799-February 1800

Gallup, Lodowick, fl. 1799-1800

Manuscript

Title: [Orderly Book, 13th Regt., kept by Lt. Gallup during Quasi-war with France]

An unsigned record of the 13th Regiment as it prepared for what was thought to be a war with France. Following the passage of a law providing for a provincial army, Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton Inspector General. After Washington's death in 1799, Hamilton became Commander in Chief of the Army. The orderly book includes orders from Hamilton, instructions from Hamilton regarding funeral services after Washington's death, and Hamilton's organization and planning for the regiment. Orders were written in Connecticut, at the regimental headquarters, and New York, at Hamilton's…

GLC03997

1817/06

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Hezekiah Niles.

Enclosure of papers for publication in Nile's Weekly Register. Adams mentions a letter of Washington's which may have been lost in the burning of Washington, D.C. and warning "Conclude not, from this that my papers are of any great value."

GLC03999

10 February 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: to David Hunter

To Major General Hunter, Commander of the Department of the South, Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, military governor of the region including South Carolina, A. C. Smith, W. E. Wording, and William Henry Brisbane. President Lincoln authorizes these men to "select for Government use, for War, Military, Naval, revenue, Charitable, Educational or police purposes such tracts, parcels or lots of land, within the State of South Carolina, from the lands which may have been or which may hereafter be offered for sale by the Direct Tax Commissioners in said State." Authorizes the men's action based on…

GLC04001

1 November 1776

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hoysted Hacker

Initialed by Jones on board the Alfred. Jones, commander of an expedition to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, informs Hacker (also on the expedition) that the Alfred will proceed to "the Spanish River near Cape North on the Island of Cape Briton." Informs Hacker, Captain of the Providence, of signals to use for identifying one another in heavy fog. Requests that the Alfred and Providence sail close together. Docket indicates that this letter is a copy.

GLC03928

12 April 1823

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Adlum

Indicates that he received Adlum's memoir on cultivation of native wines, a bottle of Tokay wine, and a letter from Adlum. Discusses Adlum's memoir at length.

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28 May 1782

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Arthur Lee

Reports on intelligence received from the arrival of USS Alliance and a French cutter ship, commenting on British attempts to weaken the American-French alliance. Discusses the diplomatic efforts of John Adams, Francis Dana, Robert Livingston, and John Jay in Europe. Mentions the capitulation of Yorktown and the good acquired. Comments on conflicting reports of activities in the West Indies. Ventures the opinion that "every triumph of enemy on the ocean is rather a new argument to all of Europe in favor of our independence." Closes with comments about the need for greater representation…

GLC03930

1801/02/20

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to an unknown recipient re: election of Jefferson as President

Offering his congratulations "on the election of Mr. Jefferson." The correct date is February (not July).

GLC03931

24 July 1790

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses the change of capital city from New York to Philadelphia and having to move his family into a house that is unacceptable, but has no other choice. Asks the recipient how the changes will affect his intentions regarding Jack and lists the reasons why Pennsylvania will help Jack's career. Hopes that the capital will one day be upon the banks of the Potomac. No explanation as to who Jack is.

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