July 21, 1814

Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, 1769-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Mentions David Bailie Warden, American consul general in Paris. Also mentions Mr. de Lafayette (possibly the Marquis de Lafayette), and Berthollet (possibly Claude de Berthollet, a French chemist). Contains a cardboard strip attached to the end of the letter, possibly to keep the pages from separating. Docketed by Madison.

GLC00496.173

July 16, 1824

Hume, Joseph, 1777-1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pringle and John Fairbairn

Forwards essays on government, jurisprudence, and liberty of the press for circulation in "The South African Journal." Hume was a political reformer who campaigned for universal suffrage and religious freedom.

GLC00496.174

August 24, 1790

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter

Title: to John Hancock

Thomas Jefferson asks Governor Hancock to collect data on the cod and whale fisheries. Seller's note reads: "an incomplete press copy of a contemporary transcript." First pages missing. Written while Jefferson was Secretary of State. Letter is incomplete.

GLC00496.175

2 May 1803

Longworth, David, 1765-1821

Document

Title: [Bill for two books]

Bill from David Longworth for two copies of "Telemachus" to Thomas Jefferson for $17.00.

GLC00496.176

February 11, 1807

Document

Title: [Ledger page listing medical purchases]

Lists purchases for Thomas Jefferson.

GLC00496.177

1806

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Manuscript document

Title: to Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Titled: "To Thomas Jefferson Randolph from his illustrious grand Father." Advises his grandson on such issues as choosing friends, using common sense, and knowing when to leave well enough alone. Notes on verso. Former owner Harry Dalton's note describes this as a 19th century transcription.

GLC00496.178

19 November 1774

Jenings, Daniel, fl. 1745-1774

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bond owed to John Muir]

Counter-signed by Robert H. Harrison and John Parke Custis.

GLC00496.179

circa 1863

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Header Record

Title: Collection of three clipped signatures of Andrew Johnson [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC00496.181

circa 1865-1869

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph note signed

Title: to Hugh McCulloch

Requests an interview with the Secretary of the Treasury McCulloch on behalf of Mrs. Dudley.

GLC00496.182

June 10, 1846

Kean, Charles John, 1811-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses involvement in a production of Richard III.

GLC00496.184

December 23, 1833

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Moxon

Edits one of Thomas Pringle's poems.

GLC00496.185

circa 1828-1830

Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Has an extra ticket to hear Dr. Chalmers and invites recipient to join him.

GLC00496.186

circa 1777

Document signed

Title: [List of land sales]

Signed by Abraham Alexander, Hezekiah Alexander, David Reese, Eph. Brisard, William Wilson, Edward Giles and John M. Alexander. Records eleven deeds dated 1772-1777. Place of writ inferred from several co-signers' participation in the signing of the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Declaration of Independence, 1775.

GLC00496.208

11 March 1768

Bartram, Moses, fl. 1768

Pamphlet

Title: Observations on the native silk worms of North America

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (offprint). Pamphlet untrimmed and tied with rope.

GLC00496.411

05 July 1825

Williams, W.A., fl. 1852

Autograph manuscript

Title: W. A. Williams his cyphering book; commenced July the 5th 1825, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cumberland County.

Includes sections on basic arithmetic functions, as well as addition and subtraction of federal money, and weights and measures of commodities (e.g. land, cloth, wine, etc.).

GLC00496.441

August 31, 1836

Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853

Letter signed

Title: to President of the Geological Society of New Haven

Indicates that preparations are being made for the Wilkes expedition, "an exploring & surveying Expedition for the Southern Ocean." Requests for advice on the "formation of a scientific Corps" and recommendations of suitable members. Needs men acquainted with many branches of science, which he lists; a philologist "to collect vocabularies of the different languages, and an artist to take the portraits of the natives." Also asks for suggestions about what "subjects of natural history" the corps should focus on in their research. The Wilkes expedition to Antarctica was the first attempt to…

GLC00507.01

30 November 1859

War Department, United States

Pamphlet

Title: General Orders, no. 23.

With manuscript notes of Paul Semmes on front page. Statement of costs for clothing, camp and garrison equipment for the Army of the United States for the year starting on 1 July 1859. From the Adjutant General's office, S. Cooper. With fold out table on last page.

GLC00508.01

January 2, 1823

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Edward Wyer

John Quincy Adams writes this letter as Secretary of State. The letter is prelude to the Monroe Doctrine (12/2/1823). Dispatches were for the ambassadors in Spain, Forsyth (Spain) and Shaler (Algiers). Spain was considering Latin America intervention. Partial transcript in seller's description.

GLC00510

18 March 1905

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Charles A. Doyen, found guilty of violating Article 22 of Navy Code on 20 July 1901 in a court martial]

Doyen, a Major in the U.S. marine Corps, had a court martial convened to try him by the Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Station on board the U.S.S. Alabama. He was sentenced to have his grade reduced two numbers and be publicly reprimanded. Theodore Roosevelt pardoned him due to request by the Sec. of Navy. Partially handwritten. Countersigned by Attorney General William H. Moody.

GLC00511

December 30, 1880

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of States to affix the seal to the pardon of William Brown, and three others].

William Brown, William Moff, Frederick Atwater, John L. Franklin were pardoned by President Rutherford B. Hayes.

GLC00514

9 April 1803

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Printed document signed

Title: [Circular letter about an act to protect U.S. seamen]

Printed circular letter, labeled "Duplicate" at top, regarding an act to further protect American seamen. Mentions the slave trade. Addressed to Thomas Aborn, Commercial Agent of the U.S. at Cayenne. Signed in type by Thomas Jefferson as president and Aaron Burr as vice president.

GLC00515

October 5, 1865

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to William Willard

Gideon Welles informs Willard, the Warden of the State Prison at Wethersfield, Connecticut, that he is ordering him to imprison five sailors convicted of capital crimes: Wesley B. McLane, James Wilson, James Brown, James Stivers, and Francis Johnson. Details the causes of their convictions and the length of their sentences.

GLC00517

01 August 1963

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Fred Frank Paul (c/s Robert F. Kennedy [AG])

Convicted of violating Sect.202 T.18 USC; pardoned as he is now law-abiding

GLC00525

1856

Hawks, Francis L., fl. 1856

Book

Title: Narrative of the Expedition of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854...

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D.L.L.D. With numerous illustrations." Published by order of the United States Congress. Three volumes, with rare suppressed bathing plate, v. 1 p. 408.

GLC00532

December 31, 1851

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Letter signed

Title: to James Robb

Henry Clay comments on the current perilous state of the Republic, and praises Senator Solomon W. Downs for his help in passing the Compromise of 1850. He asks James Robb to help make sure that the Louisiana legislature re-elects Downs as a senator. Clay worries that the election of another man may lead to increasing sectionalism and instability in Congress. The letter is written six months before Clay's death.

GLC00539