circa 1861-1865

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: General Gabriel James Rains, portrait [1861-1865 / 1880's ca.]

Confederate. Inscription on verso: "Raines." Numeric notation on verso: "62." Additional notation on verso: "4 x 5 5/8."

GLC05111.01.0690

circa 1861-1865

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: General Beverly Holcomb Robertson, portrait [1861-1865 / 1880's ca.]

Confederate. Inscription on verso: "Robinson." Numeric notation on verso: "40." Additional notation on verso: "4 x 5 5/8"; "7 & 9 [gone?]."

GLC05111.01.0691

circa 1861-1865

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: General George Hume Steuart, portrait [1861-1865 / 1880's ca.]

Confederate. Inscription on verso: "Steuart"; faint graphite: "Genl G. H. Steuart." Numeric notation on verso: "90." Additional notation on verso: "4 x 5 5/8." Included in Generals in Gray by Ezra J. Warner.

GLC05111.01.0692

circa 1861-1865

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, portrait [1861-1865 / 1880's ca.]

Confederate. Inscription on verso: "Genl Wilcox." Numeric notation on verso: "22." Additional notation on verso: "4 x 5 5/8."

GLC05111.01.0693

circa 1861-1865

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: General Milledge Luke Bonham, portrait [1861-1865 / 1880's ca.]

Inscription on verso: "Genl Bonham." Numeric notation on verso: "29." Additional notation on verso: "4 x 5 5/8."

GLC05111.01.0694

circa 1861-1865

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: Commander French Forrest [1861-1865 / 1880's ca.]

Inscription on verso: "Commander Forrest?." Numeric notation on verso: "6." Additional notation on verso: "4 x 5 5/8."

GLC05111.01.0695

31 December 1902

Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907

Typed letter signed

Title: to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks Gibbons for a gift of cigars. Mentions that the commission is still waiting for a treaty with Colombia before they can proceed with the canal. Describes recent pleasant, warm weather which he appreciates because coal is difficult to obtain, due to a "long-continued strike." Declares, "Should we have another strike before warm weather comes in the spring, there would be great suffering among rich and poor alike, as few people can obtain coal in any quantity, and the stoppage of mining would empty the coal bins almost immediately." Mentions that his family is well, though scattered…

GLC02763.02

23 March 1903

Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907

Typed letter signed

Title: to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks Gibbons for the beautiful walking stick he mailed from Manila; declares, "It reached me just before my birthday and I consider it one of my birthday presents." Happy to hear that Gibbons moved to the U.S.S. Helena and will be with Captain Staunton, his old friend. Declares, "The treaty with Colombia for the construction of a canal was finally, after a long delay caused by Senator Morgan, ratified by a vote of 73 to 5. It still has to be ratified by the Congress of Colombia which, I understand, will meet some time in April. I presume the treaty ought to be ratified there by the…

GLC02763.03

12 January 1904

Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907

Typed letter signed

Title: to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks Gibbons for his gift of a smoking jacket as a "New Year's remembrance." Describes his enjoyable visit to the Isthmus during November and December. Discusses the new republic of Panama, recently declared independent from Colombia, and proclaims it "fairly on its feet." Comments, "A good deal of opposition [to the canal treaty] has developed [in the Senate], all caused by a desire of the Democrats to make political points to be used in the next Presidential canvass against Mr. Roosevelt and the Republican party." Believes the treaty will ultimately be ratified, perhaps in early…

GLC02763.04

19 July 1904

Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907

Typed letter signed

Title: to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks him for the enclosed piece of needlework for Mrs. Walker. Mentions preparations to sail from New York to the Isthmus, to be gone for some weeks. Discusses the beginning of the Panama Canal construction project: "We are getting an organization both here and on the Isthmus; are working about 2400 or 2500 men on the Isthmus, part of them in surveys and explorations and part on the Culebra Cut. The work is so immense and there are so many very important questions to be settled that we are not disposed to move very rapidly--and indeed it is impossible to do so. Everything has to be…

GLC02763.05

7 March 1809

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Appointment of William Eustis as Secretary of War]

Signed by President Madison and countersigned by Secretary of State Robert Smith. Accompanied by attached seal. William Eustis served from 7 March 1809 to 13 January 1813.

GLC02767

26 March 1819

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Appointment of Morris S. Miller to negotiate a treaty with the Seneca Indians of New York]

Countersigned by Calhoun as Secretary of War. Appointing Miller to make a treaty to obtain Seneca reservation land.

GLC02768

10 May 1830

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Dutton Barnard, William Marks, John B. Steneger, D. M. Miller and J. B. Sutherland

In absence of recommendations for clemency from the prosecuting attorney and the judge who tried the case, Jackson asks for their recommendation if pardon should be granted to "Craig," a prisoner who was convicted 10 May 1830. Barnard and Marks were United States Senators from Pennsylvania. Joel Barlow Sutherland was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.

GLC02770

25 February 1836

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [Delay of execution of John Arthur Bowen].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, an enslaved person, had been convicted of an unspecified felony in the District of Columbia in November 1835, and sentenced to be hung on 26 February 1836. Because of "divers good and sufficient reasons," the original date of death is postponed until the first Sunday in June next.

GLC02772

27 June 1836

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of John Arthur Bowen for felony].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, identified as a "Negro man Slave," had been convicted of felony and sentenced to hang. He had been given two respites by President Andrew Jackson, who here pardons him completely as a fit subject for executive clemency and "in consideration of divers other good and sufficient reasons."

GLC02773

8 March 1843

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of James Madison Porter, Secretary of War]

Appoints James Madison Porter Secretary of War with the following certificate: "Know Ye: That reposing special trust and confidence in the Patriotism, Integrity and Abilities of James Madison Porter, of Pennsylvania, I do appoint him Secretary for the Department of War of the United States and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil [sic] the duties of that Office according to law and to have and to hold the said Office with all the powers, privileges and emoluments thereunto of rights appertaining, unto him, the said James Madison Porter, during the pleasure of the President of…

GLC02774

4 August 1851

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Document signed

Title: [Authorization to affix the seal of the United States]

Gives authorization to Robert P. Letcher to finalize the implementation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and to conclude a convention with the Mexican Indians. One black and white bust engraving and one black and white seated full length engraving included.

GLC02775

21 November 1846

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Letter signed

Title: to John Serretta

Denies three Mexican priests serving in the United States permission to aid their colleagues in Mexico. Suggests that the priests try traveling with a neutral ship. Signed as Secretary of State during the Mexican War. Impression in upper left corner reads "Bath Superfine."

GLC02776

27 September 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of John W. Demaine, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in August 1856].

Demaine was pardoned near the end of his term because he was young and inexperienced at the time of the commission of the crime and under the influence of older persons and because the jurors who had rendered the verdict against him were recommending it, as well as a number of highly respected citizens. Signed by Abraham Lincoln. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC02777

30 April 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Document signed

Title: [Amendment to an act approving letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods]

Signed as President of the Confederate States and countersigned by Speaker of the House Thomas S. Bocock and President of the Senate (and Vice President) Alexander H. Stephens. This document amended the original act that approved letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods on the high seas, which was passed 21 May 1861 (Bill #170 of the second session of the Confederate Provisional Congress). The amendment allows the Board of Naval Officers created under the original act to have the power in cases of any armed vessel sunk or destroyed "to take and receive such depositions, affidavits,…

GLC02778

circa 29 April 1965

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Header Record

Title: Documents relating to Andrew Johnson and Eliza C. Skidmore [decimalized .01-.04]

Three documents related to Eliza C. Skidmore's passage across battle lines during the Civil War. She received permission from President Andrew Johnson to cross from the Union side to the Confederate side to obtain supplies and bring them back to sell to the Union. Also included is a medal with Andrew Johnson's likeness.

GLC02779

1 June 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of George Stoneman]

Lists military retirements and promotions of John M. Schofield and George Stoneman. Signed as President. Docketed on verso by Secretary of War John Schofield (who had replaced Stanton).

GLC02780

19 July 1870

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

Document signed

Title: [Permission for John Lothrop Motley]

President Grant authorizes John Lothrop Motley "to exchange the ratifications of the [Addition] Convention to the Convention of April 7. 1862 between Great Britain & the U.S. for the suppression of the African Slave Trade." One engraving, "H.M. Gun-boat 'Teaser' Capturing the Slaver 'Abbot Devereaux,'" and one bust engraving of President Grant included.

GLC02781

1873/03/04 ca.

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

Object

Title: Ulysses S. Grant / President of the United States

Possibly an inaugural medal. Sculpted by W. & C. Harris. Paint is slightly worn and there are glue remnants on verso.

GLC02781.02

15 March 1881

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of A.M. Kimball as alternate commissioner for treaty anniversary]

Certificate appointing A.M. Kimball to act as Alternate Commissioner of an "international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine," to be held in New York City in 1883. The exhibition would mark the "one hundredth anniversary of the treaty of peace and the recognition of American independence." Kimball was nominated by the Governor of Wisconsin. Marked with a white paper presidential seal on bottom left.

GLC02783.01