1844/02/03

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward D. Gazzam re: American interests better served by Texas independence

Written as Senator from Pennsylvania, regarding the bill for admission of Texas to the Union and South Carolina's opposition to another Tariff bill. Buchanan argues that an independent Texas would be better for America unless Great Britain were to annex it. He also dismisses South Carolina's (and Calhoun's) complaint that the Tariff impoverished the South by pointing to cheap cotton production in newer states like Mississippi or Alabama. (Recent historians agree with him.)

GLC02104

17 October 1974

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Document signed

Title: Statement before Subcomm. on Criminal Justice re: his pardon of Nixon

Statement by the President released by the White House Press Secretary and signed by Ford on the upper right corner of the first page.

GLC02109

13 August 1872

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

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Van Kennedy].

GLC02110

January 19, 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Spencer

States that the lead pipe delivered by F.O. J. Smith, the contractors with Mr. Tatham and his brothers, is defective. Describes the main problem, "I find it defective in many points but particularly in the destructive effect that has been produced upon the insulation of the wires by the hot process of manufacture." Informs that the wires will have to be removed from the pipes, re-varnished, and put back in the pipe. Estimates the cost of the repairs to be $500. States that the Tathams will credit $50 of the cost. Puts much of the blame on his Assistant Professor Fiskee, whom he has since…

GLC02112

15 March 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Spencer

Answers Spencer's questions about matters involving telegraphic conductors. Gives information on who will supply the pipe, pricing and payment, and delivery of it. States that he first found out about the deficiencies of the pipe on 6 December 1843. With an addition in a different ink at the end of the last paragraph.

GLC02113

4 September 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

The letter is written faintly in pencil on foxed paper. The third page is written in his code. Mentions still being on hospital duty.

GLC02082.57

5 November 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Written in pencil. Reports that he went back to his regiment. Mentions the Battle of Cedar Creek.

GLC02082.58

19 November 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Written in pencil on a large legal sheet. Provides news about skirmishing. Mentions boys suffering from sore feet.

GLC02082.59

December 24, 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Written in pencil. Mentions leaving the Shenandoah Valley on 14 December. Discusses the cold weather.

GLC02082.60

1 January 1865

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Continuation of GLC02082.60. Mentions citizens giving dinner.

GLC02082.61

January 20, 1865

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Written in pencil. Mentions that little mail has arrived from Alabama since Sherman captured that city.

GLC02082.62

10 April 1865

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to Elihu B. Washburne]

Souvenir document presented by Grant to loyal supporter and fellow Galena townsman, Elihu B. Washburne, who served as Secretary of State and Ambassador to France during Grant's presidency. Informs that Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on the previous day. Recipient inferred from provenance. Possibly Grant's retained copy of the telegram.

GLC02084.01

9 April 1865

Object

Title: [Appomattox ink well]

Small, ceramic, bell-shaped, brown bottle, glazed, with cork. Label affixed to the bottom, inscribed by Hempstead Washburne: "This is the ink bottle used in signing the Treaty [underscored] at Appomattox by Gen. Lee & Gen. Grant. It was presented to E. B. Washburne by Gen. Grant & comes to me from my father E. B. Washburne. Hempstead Washburne [added in another hand:] 1938-126." This ink well was used by Ulysses S. Grant to sign the surrender treaty at Appomattox and was given to Elihu Washburne on 10 April 1865 along with the note announcing Robert E. Lee's surrender (GLC02084.01).

GLC02084.02

2 May 1780

Harmar, Josiah, 1753-1813

Document signed

Title: [Muster roll of Captain Andrew Irvine's Company, 7th Pennsylvania Regiment of Foot]

Harmar signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Regiment. Signed and examined by William Alexander. Irvine signs on verso 4 May, attesting to the validity of this document. Lists officers divided into categories of sergeant, private, corporal, and drum & fife. Inlaid with a paper border.

GLC02085

February 1864 - March 1865

Andrews, Davis C., fl. 1864-1865

Diary

Title: [Diary of a Union soldier in the 7th Iowa Vols.]

GLC02088

11 August 1862

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin F. Butler

Written by Flag Officer Farragut to Major General Butler as commander of the Department of the Gulf. Farragut says he has just returned from an official visit with the Spanish commander of a steamer of war who had been detained for lack of proper documents. The Spanish commander was forced to land at New Orleans because he was out of provisions. The "store vessel", where the proper papers were stored was below and unreachable. The Spaniard said nothing about it because he was afraid of being denied entry to the port. Reports that the Spaniard "asked me with great timidity as to whether he…

GLC02092

1847-1874

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Header Record

Title: Collection of signed materials, pamphlets and Civil War-related items of Charles Sumner [Decimalized .01 - .41]

Collection of signed materials, books, letters and documents related to the coming of the war, Sumner's career and Reconstruction. Includes: 17 ALSs (30 p.) 1847-1874, 6 AQS on themes of liberty and equal rights, 3 cartes de visite (2 signed), 2 signed checks, clipped signature of Preston Brooks, and 5 major books/pamphlets. Also includes a full set of the Complete Works of Charles Sumner, published by the Negro University Press, located with reference books. Two black and white bust engravings of Sumner included.

GLC02095

1 October 1807

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Pinkney

Monroe, Joint Minister to Great Britain with Pinkney, sends to Pinkney an enclosed commission and letters of credence (not included) to the British King and Queen. States that the United States government hopes that Pinkney will take Monroe's place as Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain.

GLC02098

27 June 1775

Clarke, James, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nicholas Cooke

Also signed by James Clarke. Apologizes for their delay in providing Governor of Rhode Island Cooke with accurate records of recent imports and exports that they are compiling. Thinks a more extended accounting would be more useful, and if Cooke and the legislature agree, Ellery and Clarke "will readily undertake the business and hope we shall be able to exhibit an account to August sessions." A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, William Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Cooke was Governor of Rhode Island from 1775 until 1778.

GLC02105

12 November 1861

Ericsson, John, 1803-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Munn & Company

Written by Ericsson, the Swedish immigrant inventor responsible for building the first Union ironclad ship, to the Munn & Company as proprietors of the magazine "Scientific American." Writes that he is returning their article "on the subject of my battery, with some few typographical errors corrected." Pleased that they are putting the matter before their readers entirely on its own merits. File also has 2 pages torn from a bound volume of "Harper's Weekly." One is dated from January 1862 and the other from 29 March 1862 and both have articles on Ericsson. The January 1862 article has a…

GLC02106

16 September 1797

Bradford, William, 1729-1808

Document signed

Title: [Instrument of protest]

Signed by Bradford as notary public. James Bowers, Master of the Brigantine Flora from New York, had been seized and all his goods confiscated by a Royal Navy Schooner of War, the George and Ophelia. The protest notes that "perfect Peace and Amity existed between Great Britain and the... United States" at that time.

GLC02108

16 July 1847

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jabez True

Discusses delegates elected to the national convention and gives the number of ballots for each. Written on blue paper. Recipient name from later penciled note on verso.

GLC02111

12 June 1878

Porter, Horace, 1837-1921

Letter signed

Title: to George C. Pullman

Written as Vice President of the Pullman Company to the President while on vacation. Mentions political news, cost-effectiveness of the elevated trains in New York, and scheduling trains to handle rush hours. Written on Pullman Palace Car Company letterhead.

GLC02114

19 June 1863

Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Written aboard the U.S.S. Wabash in Port Royal Harbor. Rear Admiral Dupont gives orders to Patterson, commander of the U.S.S. James Adger on delivering prisoners of war to the proper authorities. Instructs Patterson to " ... proceed with the James Adger, under your command to Fortress Monroe and deliver to the proper authorities there the officers and crew of the Confederate ironclad Atlanta, captured on the 17th instant in Wassaw by the ironclad Weehawken, a list of whom is herewith enclosed." Also orders Patterson to take a few other prisoners captured either at North Edisto by Acting…

GLC02115

20 September 1780

Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Encloses a copy of a resolution of Congress (not present) stating that 530 beef cattle are needed for the use of the Continental Army. Stresses that this order needs to be carried out immediately to avoid dire consequences. Docketed, "letter to the receivers."

GLC02116