February 27, 1798

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William A. Washington

Commisserates with his nephew, Colonel William A. Washington, on the death of his wife. Regrets he cannot find employment for Mr. Ashton, who had been recommended to him by his nephew, as he already has hired a clerk. Notes the grains he uses to make whiskey and the price he charges for it. Inquires about a source of staves for flour barrels, and tells him of queries on the Washington family genealogy from Sir Isaac Heard of the Heraldry Office in England. Asks about "Mrs. Washington of Bushfield".

GLC04445

1789/08/10

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Huntington re: forwarding act of Congress (not present) on state debts

GLC04467

1798/07/16

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: To: John Rutherford.

Call to convene Senate to receive communication (Quasi-War)-Washington's acceptance of command in the event of war with France.

GLC04468

1666/05/22

Indian Treaties

Book

Title: Paix accordee par l'Empereur de France aux Iroquois [treaties]

Earliest printed treaty between Indians and a European power. Signed at Quebec on 22 May 1666.

GLC04390

[1792]

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Pamphlet

Title: Observations on Paine's Rights of Man, in a series of lectures, by Publicola

Edinburgh edition. First separate printing, originally published in Boston newspaper June-July 1791. Disbound. Attributed to John Quincy Adams by himself (see GLC 958.07)

GLC04398

1776/03/12

Dury, Andrew, fl. 1775-1776

Map

Title: A Plan of Boston and its Environs... [siege of Boston]

Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 16.

GLC04410

1775/11/27

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

Map

Title: A Plan of the Battle on Bunkers Hill [Boston]

Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 28.

GLC04411

1786/08/15

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

Map

Title: A Map of the Whole Continent of America... [Wall Map on 4 sheets]

GLC04412.01

1787/01/01

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

Map

Title: Europe divided into its Empires, Kingdoms, States... [Wall Map on 4 sheets]

This map has an attractive depiction of Algiers and the Barbery states which is slightly larger than that for GLC# 4412.04 (Africa)

GLC04412.02

1787/01/06

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

Map

Title: Asia and its islands, according to D'Anville... [Wall Map on 4 sheets]

GLC04412.03

1787/01/06

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

Map

Title: Africa with all its states, kingdoms... by S. Boulton [Wall Map on 4 sheets]

GLC04412.04

1860/11/03

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William H. Wilson re:did not vote against sending supplies during Mexican War

Basler, Roy. P. The Colllected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 1974), Vol. X 1832 - 1865, p. 59

GLC04415

1779/11/04

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry

A fond leave-taking signed "God bless you" at the end. The letter also discusses his firm belief in the need for separate powers, his acceptance of an appointment as commissioner to France and his wish that Gerry might send him intelligence from America.

GLC04425

September 9, 1775- February 16, 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Orderly book of British troops in Boston]

Contains detailed orders, passwords, information on supplies and behavior, and court martials, among various other topics. Possibly the orderly book of Generals William Howe and Henry Clinton.

GLC04427

1777/05/27

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to nephew Jonathan Williams re: belief in ultimate success of American cause

Franklin states that "You and your Country are engag'd in a good Cause, which God will finally crown with Success. Let nothing discourage." Franklin also mentions Williams' son John in Nantes. Franklin concludes: "I continue amazing well and hearty for my Age, and hope to live to see the End of these Troubles, and our Country establish'd in Freedom, when it will soon become great and glorious, by being the Asylum of all the Oppress'd of Europe, and the Resort of the Wealthy who love Liberty...." (Stored as open folio)

GLC04430

1811/04/15

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Pierre Paganel re: tragedy of the French Revolution, hopes for liberty

Paganel, author of Essai historique et critique sur la Révolution Française (Paris, 1810), sent a copy of his work to Jefferson, perhaps one of the few copies to survive burning at the hands of Napoleon's censors. Jefferson writes in part: "[t]he perusal of this work has given me new views of the causes of failure in a revolution of which I was a witness in it's early part, & then augured well of it. I had not means afterwards of observing it's progress but the public papers, & their information came thro channels too hostile to claim confidence. An acquaintance with many of the…

GLC04433

1860/05/31

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: Letter on publishing Cooper Institute address, with pamphlet [decimalized]

GLC04436

1860/05/31

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles C. Nott re: publishing Cooper Institute address (for 1860 election)

Lincoln's letter to Nott concerning the Nott-Brainerd edition of the Cooper Institute address. While gracious for the time they have spent in correcting and annotating his speech, Lincoln is quite adamant that the speech is not to be altered so as to misrepresent his position. "So far as it is intended merely to improve on grammar, and elegance of composition, I am quite agreed; but I do not wish the sense changed, or modified, to a hairs breadth. And you, not having studied the particular points so closely as I have, can not be quite sure that you do not change the sense when you do not…

GLC04436.01

February 16, 1862

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simon Buckner

Souvenir autograph copy of Grant's famous February 16, 1862, letter to Buckner demanding "unconditional surrender" of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, one of the best-known of Grant's wartime letters. This copy was written by Grant, probably in the late 1870's or early 1880's. Grant often signed copies of this letter for friends but this is only one of two copies known to be entirely in Grant's own hand. Misdated 1863. When the Confederates' breakout attempt failed, Buckner, an old friend of Grant's, asked what terms of surrender he would offer. Grant replied "No terms except unconditional and…

GLC04450

1843/11/30

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William C. Clark re: death of son, Robert, 6 days after death by typhus

GLC04456

1945 July/August

United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Photograph

Title: [Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam]

Signed by Harry Truman and Winston Churchill. Shows "the Big Three" at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Includes stamp on verso.

GLC04457

1930-1940 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Group portrait of Roosevelt family at Campobello Island]

Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and their son, James Roosevelt. 14 other men are pictured with the family on a beach.

GLC04458

1861/03/31

Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871

Letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas re: no work done, supplies nearly exhausted

GLC04461.01

1888/01/18

Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac N. Roland re: Fort Sumter, "I aimed the first gun there"

Writes Roland that he has no time for a detailed answer to his question. He notes that there were 60 regular soldiers at Fort Sumter and that "I aimed the first gun there."

GLC04461.03

1892/04/25

Gibbes, William H., fl. 1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac N. Roland re: an article on Fort Sumter, no bloodshed there, perception

Written on stationery of W. H. Gibbs, Jr. & Company. Gibbes writes about Fort Sumter, how the first battle of the Civil War saw no bloodshed and mentions the fear common among Charleston women and children "that all the 'mans' would be killed."

GLC04461.04