1779/04/26

Houston, William C., fl. 1746-1788

Autograph document signed

Title: re: appointments to a council that he didn't attend

Written in the Georgia House of Assembly

GLC02470.16

1813/01/11

Ingersoll, Jared, fl. 1787-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Bryan re: regarding money charges

GLC02470.17

1782/04/05

Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, 1723-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Committee for sale of confiscated property re: sale of British property

GLC02470.18

1781/05/31

Jackson, William, 1759-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John de Neville re: military uniform; correspondence with Benjamin Franklin

Requests an order of gold military epaulets and gold sword knots, as he will soon sail. Says he has written to Dr. Franklin (Benjamin Franklin). Jackson had been working with fellow American diplomats in Europe to negotiate contracts for military supplies.

GLC02470.19

1787/02/1

Johnson, William S., 1727-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Dear Sir" re: a farm

GLC02470.20

1793/05/01

King, Rufus, 1755-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leonard Eanswoort re: personal matters

Requesting delivery to William Morris of a packet of documents.

GLC02470.21

1776/03/31

Lansing, John, 1754-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Capt. Varick re: regarding recruiting

GLC02470.22

1784/10

Livingston, William, fl. 1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. Drayton re: about argument between son and Gen. Drayton

GLC02470.23

1790/02/20

Martin, Alexander, fl. 1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gov. S.C. re: transmitting proposed constitutional amendments

GLC02470.24

1809/07/06

McClurg, James, fl. 1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Simpson re: requests dividend for shares in bank of the U.S.

Simpson was cashier of the Bank of the United States. Written on a slip of paper.

GLC02470.25

1799/04/05

McHenry, James, 1753-1816

Letter signed

Title: to Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson re: forwarding an act to reorganize troops

Written at the War Department

GLC02470.26

1807/07/19

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Van Rensselaer re: providing an introduction

GLC02470.27

1783/12/01

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Document signed

Title: Warrant to make payment

GLC02470.28

1799/06/12

Pickering, John, 1737-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cashier of the Bank of the U.S. re: regarding personal finances

GLC02470.30

1782/06/07

Pierce, William, 1740-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. Anthony Wayne re: about horses

Written near Bacon's Bridge, South Carolina, in Dorchester County.

GLC02470.31

1801/01/21

Pinckney, Charles C., fl. 1746-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Simpson re: regarding account with "national bank"

GLC02470.32

1788/08/08

Pinckney, Charles C., fl. 1746-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Caswell re: entering an agreement with Gov. of NC & SC about defense

Caswell was Governor of North Carolina. Labeled "Duplicate" at top.

GLC02470.33

1794 ca.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Rittenhouse re: president approves of Mr. David as melter and refiner

Undated, but date inferred from his position as Secretary of State (Jan. 1784-Aug. 1795). Written at the Department of State.

GLC02470.34

3 November 1881

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph document signed

Title: [Annual Report to Sec. of War Robert Lincoln from Commanding General William T. Sherman]

Sherman's working copy of his annual report for 1881. Sherman enumerates and sums up the reports of various generals. He updates Lincoln on Indian affairs, " ... no serious Indian or other war has occurred but great progress has been Made in collecting and locating Indians hitherto hostile on their proper Reservations. Sitting Bull and his adherents who had fled into British Territory, are now held at Fort Randall Dakota as prisoners of War ... " He also emphasizes the need for military education; because it has been the practice of the U.S. to maintain a small army, the volunteer militia…

GLC03005

17 June 1848

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Quotation for Miss Saltonstall]

Poetically compares human actions to nature. "The passions were like sounds of nature, only heard in her solitude! Our senses may captivate us with beauty but in absence we can forget . . ." Inscribed to Miss Saltonstall.

GLC03010.01

14 March 1801

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Broadside

Title: [Jefferson's first inaugural address]

Copy of Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address as President. Printed by the Columbian Courier Extra. Lists small number of advertisements on bottom righthand corner. Address given in Washington D.C. Small yellowed discoloration marks throughout document.

GLC03011

23 December 1791

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two].

Signed by Secretary of State Jefferson, and countersigned in type by Speaker of the House Jonathan Trumbull, Vice President Adams, and President Washington. The act details the federal budget for 1792. Issued by the Second Congress of the United States.

GLC03014

21 December 1868

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]

Printed check for $40 signed by Welles to "G" on recto and endorsed by Gardner on verso. With two cent Revenue stamp, drawn on Riggs & Co. Stamped paid on verso by the Nat'l Bank of the Republic, Washington, D.C.

GLC03016

13 February 1873

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Borie

Writes, "Hearing of your illness, I, some days ago, wrote to Mrs. Borie asking if she and you would not come down and spend a few days, or as long as you pleased, and recuperate and get well again. But before the mail went out I rec'd [sic] your letter in relation to Mr. Gibson [?], and concluded there was vitality enough left to resist the impertinence of a man writing to another's wife as to his health and condition. I did not send the letter to Mrs. Borie, so you need not upbraid her with corresponding with gentlemen, without authority. But if you do not take good care of yourself, and…

GLC03018

2 July 1844

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

Letter signed

Title: to William McPherson

Secretary of State Calhoun asks U.S. Attorney for the District of Missouri McPherson that execution of convicted murderers John McDaniel and Joseph Brown be stayed. He adds "It is not... designed, by this interference, to create any hope of the ultimate pardon of these men, but merely that time may be allowed to examine into the credibility of [Orrin P.] Rockwell," a new witness who claimed to have received a confession from William Mason.

GLC03019