1815/07/23

Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Graham

In this long, personal letter, Foster, a newly minted lawyer and former secretary to Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812, gets reacquainted with Graham, a childhood friend. Reflects nostalgically at the "halcyon days" of their youth and looks forward to a life of public service. Discusses the Tennessee gubernatorial race. Endorses Graham's plans to become a lawyer. Foster later served in the Tennessee house of representatives and the U.S. senate.

GLC02800

1814/06/12

Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Graham

Foster expresses his enduring friendship for Graham, though the two have not seen each other in years. Discusses Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians, their surrender, and other local news.

GLC02801

1814/02/28

Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854

Letter signed

Title: to William Graham

Foster discusses a campaign against the Creek Indians, led by Andrew Jackson, in which he was a participant. Discusses the "unlawful pretensions" of the British, demands that Americans "must be as safe abroad as at home," and hopes the War of 1812 "may never be closed until the object for which it was commenced be attained 'free trade'."

GLC02802

1814/04/08

Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Graham

Talks about the "glorious & transporting news" of Andrew Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which would prove to be the effective end of the Creek War. Exalts over "the true Genl. Jackson," and his success, while deriding the Northern armies for their lack of action against the Indians. States that he has also enclosed an "account of the whole affair."

GLC02804

1816/07/04

Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848

Engraving

Title: MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11th. 1814.

Engraved and published by Tanner and printed by Rosner & Eskr. The defeat of the British at the Battle of Plattsburg thwarted Sir George Prevost's planned invasion of the United States through the Hudson Valley and strengthened the American bargaining position for peace in Ghent. The battle was one of the most decisive of the War of 1812.

GLC02810

1780/03/16

United States. Continental Congress.

Manuscript document signed

Title: Act of Congress re: continuance of loan

Signed as secretary to Congress.

GLC02818

1862/11/09-1865/07

Alden, William H., 1844-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection of William H. Alden, F company, 6th regiment, Iowa, cavalry] [Decimalized .01- .53]

Forty eight long letters written while on the Sully Expedition to put down the Sioux uprising, under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. Private Alden, a seventeen year old Iowan, wrote this first-hand account mostly to his family. He discusses hand to hand combat with Indians, rescuing immigrants on the overland trail, gold mining, the capture of a Sioux chief's feathered head dress, and the wounding and death of a soldier. The Sully Expedition, led by Alfred Sully (son of the famous painter Thomas Sully), was the largest military campaign against the Plains Indians up to this date, and marked…

GLC02831

1795/10/24

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Book

Title: Message of the President... to Congress relative to France and Great Britain

Compiled by Jefferson as Secretary of State, mostly relating to the Genet Affair. Printed for Matthew Carey.

GLC02835

February 27, 1785

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Francis Mercer

Monroe, a member of the Confederation Congress, informs Mercer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, that a secretary will soon be appointed to assist John Adams as Minister to Great Britain. States that James McHenry, also a member of the Confederation Congress, has not mentioned a nomination for this position. Informs that the Indian Commissioner, a friend of Mercer's, presented himself before Congress. States that there are many important issues before Congress, including propositions for raising men and the regulation of commerce. Informs Mercer of his participation on a…

GLC02861

1812/06/11

Document

Title: At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants [War of 1812 broadside]

Discusses the alarming state of public affairs & measures necessary, including resolutions against the War with Britain.

GLC02880

1861 circa

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. View of Fort Sumter under heavy bombardment and returning fire. The United States flag stands tall in the center of the print. Fort Moultrie and Cummings Point are labeled below the image. Dimensions refer to the item unmounted.

GLC02881.15

1790/04/13

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Marriage certificate of Louis Guillaume Otto & Miss de Crevecoeur

In Latin and French, witnessed by numerous people. Signed by Jefferson (serving then as Secretary of State). Also signed by Members of Congress Jeremiah Wadsworth, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., NYS Supreme Court Justice Richard Morris, Vice Consul of France Antoine R.C.M. DelaForest [sic?] and wife (?), with John and Susanna Kean, Philip Livingston, John Trumbull. A. Frances de Crevecoeur was daughter to the famous author.

GLC02895

1813/07/03

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Mathew Carey.

Clark had published a history of the United States. Adams also provides suggestions for the next edition. Accompanied by a slip of paper in Adams's hand reading "Philadelphia," (probably removed from the address leaf).

GLC02900

1862/05/23

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. John Stewart

Written as General, a few months after his transfer from Confederate South Eastern defenses. (Name is correctly Stewart.)

GLC02903

1864/03/26

Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to an unknown recipient re: relations with France

GLC02594

1783/03 ca.

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript

Title: Address to officers with General orders 3/11/1783 & Newburgh address

A contemporary transcript written by an unknown soldier on the leaves of a stitched pamphlet. Contains the anonymous "Address to the Officers of the Army" calling the army's general officers to a meeting (a mutinous situation) (pp. 1-12), Washington's orders of 11 March 1783 calling officers to a meeting of his own (15-24; including Washington's letter to the president of Congress after the meeting), the officer's meeting on 15 March, with Washington's address (25-41), and concluding with the officers' resolves (41-47). Another manuscript relating to the incidents at Newburgh is in the Henry…

GLC02624

1848/05/22

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieut. G. W. Smith re: awaiting ratification of the treaty with Mexico

Written as Captain of Engineers regarding preparations for the engineer corps to leave. Mentions McClellan ("McClelland").

GLC02641

1902/01/20

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Document signed

Title: Contract for payment to members of the Cherokee nation (cos. Thomas Buffington)

Signed by Buffington at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, for the Cherokee Nation and approved by Roosevelt at Washington. "Executive Mansion" has been struck and "White House" typed-in. Approving Act of the Cherokee National Council for expenses.

GLC02657

1864/11/17

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Document re: purchase of cotton from Augustus Wright by agent Hanson Risley

Signed by Lincoln on page 3; countersigned by Hanson A. Risley as special agent and by Green Adams as government purchasing agent. "I, Hanson A. Risley, Agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the Government of the United States ... do hereby certify that I have agreed to purchase from Augustus R. Wright of the State of Georgia, Five Hundred Bales of Cotton, more or less, deposited and stored at or near Rome... I therefore request safe conduct for the said Augustus R. Wright and his means of transportation and said Cotton from Rome, Georgia, within the lines…

GLC02691.04

1889/01/14

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to M. A. Wright re: possibility of appointing southerners to Benjamin Harrison's cabinet

On Senate stationery. Senator Sherman does not feel at liberty "to advise Gen Harrison as to his cabinet," but hopes he will include some Southerners. John Sherman (1823-1900), William Tecumseh's brother was a prominent US Senator from Ohio (1861-1877). He also served as Secretary of the Treasury (1877-1881) and Secretary of State (1890-1898). Sherman writes: "Your letter is received enclosing that of Governor Brown, which I now return to you…I do not feel at liberty to advise Gen Harrison as to his Cabinet unless he should desire my opinion. I have hopes that he would select one or two…

GLC02691.10

1822/03/06

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Monroe re: correspondence with Jedediah Morse

Written to President Monroe and docketed by him. Jefferson asks Monroe to consider his letter to Morse and forward or suppress it. Morse wanted to establish a Society for the improvement of Indians, which Jefferson did not approve. Written in Monticello

GLC02708

1870/05/20

Parker, Ely S., 1828-1895

Letter signed

Title: to Gen. William B. Hazen

Circular letter from the Office of Indian Affairs, signed as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Parker wants Indians living on reservations to be counted for the ninth census, as does Francis A. Walker. The Office of Indian Affairs is to be responsible for the counting.

GLC02731

1868/02/17

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Sherman re: castigating Pres. Johnson shortly before impeachment trial

GLC02760

1836/11/18

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Document signed

Title: Authorization of Charles Harrison to borrow $50,000 on faith of Texas (c/s Rusk)

Countersigned by Thomas J. Rusk, as Secretary of State.

GLC02591

1787/09

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

Magazine

Title: The American Museum. [Vol. II, no. 3 (September 1787)]

Contains the first magazine printing of the United States Constitution on p. 276-284. Also contains an essay by Benjamin Franklin on "Information for those who would wish to remove to America. Also features political sketches, an address to "friends of American Manufacturers," reflections encouraging commerce, articles on agriculture, political culture, and various prose and poetry. Provenance from the library of Henry Knox, although without ownership marks.

GLC02593.01