26 April 1815

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Lovett

Serving as New Hampshire State Representative, Webster discusses possible future political appointments with New York Representative Lovett. Discusses a dinner with Richard Stockton, a New Jersey Representative. Referring to the New York election, held on the day Webster wrote this document, states that he expects nothing good from Clinton's friends (possibly referring to former New York Mayor DeWitt Clinton). States that he anticipates the removal of New Hampshire Senator Jeremiah Mason from Senate to serve as Governor of New Hampshire. Calls Hulbert (possibly Massachusetts…

GLC02204

7 August 1777

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795

Autograph document

Title: [Receipt for meals and lodging]

Signed by Charles Pyncheon. Verifies receipt of 32 shillings from Bartlett as payment for his and Colonel Nathaniel Peabody's food and lodging for eight days at the Springfield, Massachusetts monetary convention held 30 July - 6 August 1777.

GLC02205

17 March 1782

Irvine, William, 1741-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Moore

Written by Irvine as Brigadier General to Moore as President of Pennsylvania. He is concerned with British deserters and prisoners enlisting into the Continental Army despite the vigilance of recruiting officers. Since there is no defined punishment for these offenders in Military Law, Irvine suggests that they be tried for perjury and put in prison. Says this is only his opinion and gives the suggestion to Moon to consider. Gives example of Gavin Miller, a British prisoner who enlisted under false pretenses and who is now imprisoned in Carlisle. The commanding officer there is awaiting Moore…

GLC02206

3 August 1791

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Thanks the recipient for information in a previous letter, about the "hostile disposition of the Indians on the Frontiers." Shares his hope that federal treaties will ease the recipient's apprehensions and "produce a general peace." Introduces Col. Proctor, Mr. Boone and Mr. Linklain, who have brought the present letter on their trip to the "interior counties," and asks the recipient to help and accommodate them if possible.

GLC02207

circa 1780, 1897

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Engraving Signed

Title: [Clipped signature mounted on engraving of Pownall]

Includes Pownall's signature and an engraving of Pownall mounted on backing. Signature possibly created circa 1780. Engraving copyrighted 1897 by Little, Brown, & Co. based on the original engraving by Richard Earlom, first printed in 1777. Printed by Goupil & Co., Paris.

GLC02207.02

1814/09/07

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Broadside

Title: Proclamation: [Salem Gazette printing re: invasion of Capitol]

Salem Gazette printing dated September 7 at 3 o'clock P.M. from the Salem Gazette Office, reprinting the text from the Boston Evening Gazette.

GLC02208

circa 1809

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Broadside

Title: Dignified retirement: parody on the house that Jack built, -- fitted to the times

A parody of the nursery rhyme styled upon eighteenth century children's chapbooks making fun of Jefferson's retirement at a time of national crisis. The figures are rough allegories of Jefferson (alternately a king then a priest, retiring to a "Mountain" [Monticello] to study philosophy), the American navy (de-commissioned by Jefferson), the Embargo, the British Fleet and the American volunteer army. The woodcut of the coach is printed upside down to represent how the Embargo "has turned all things up side down, and stopped the wheels of national prosperity." The title may come from Peter…

GLC02209

9 March 1846

Anthony, Philip, 1800-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ford, Heath & Company

Anthony discusses the payment of interest on bonds and business ventures with Ford, Heath, & Company, a British firm. Explaining the economic situation in Arkansas, Anthony states "Liberal loans were made upon long times payable in installments with interest. Revulsions in the monetary world & other misshaps, brought about general distress in the community- debtors who had more regard for their pecuniary safety then their moral responsibility sold their lands, or if incumbered, abandoned them and ran off their slaves & other effects to Texas, thus leaving large sums due the…

GLC02210.01

30 September 1844

Pelham, William, 1803-1879

Map

Title: [Arkansas survey map depicting land claims]

Depicts a map of the Arkansas surveying district "shewing the extent of Public Survey's in said district on the 30th September 1844." Contains boundary lines, including the Cherokee and Choctaw line, the Louisiana Line, the Missouri line, and the Mississippi River. Little Rock appears roughly in the middle of this map.

GLC02210.02

1844/06/25

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Broadside

Title: Speech of governor Dorr, in answer to the question by the court, why sentence should not be pronounced against him

Published by the Republican Herald Office. Appeals to the citizens of Rhode Island, arguing that the sentence given to him goes against the principles of a democratic Republic. Dorr was charged for treason and sentenced to life imprisonment and hard labor for his role in the Dorr Rebellion.

GLC02211

21 December 1862

Hardee, William J., 1815-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John A. Wharton

Discusses military matters. Wishes to know the strength of the army Wharton is fighting, says he cannot send General Wood's forces far away, and says his men will soon be prepared to fight. Address page contains a penciled endorsement signed by Wharton, sent to Wood, saying he is preparing to attack the enemy. Written shortly before the Battle of Murfreesboro and the Stones River Campaign.

GLC02213

circa 1864

Johnson, Adams Rankin, 1834-1922

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General John Hunt Morgan

General Johnson, who served in a cavalry unit under Morgan, writes, "We are all exceedingly anxious to be on the war path again, and next to yourself no one is more anxious to Show both the Yankees and our friends that there is Life in the old Band Yet." Refers to his improving health. Date previously inferred. Some text and Johnson's signature are cross-written. Says "You will be as much gratified have no doubt as I was to see Col°. Martin - his account of the arrangements made and the many probable features of success of your previous plans may cause you to regret more than ever that you…

GLC02214

23 December 1862

Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Walker

Remarks that he has been unable to fight any battles in his home state (Virginia), but has instead served in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Wishes that the French Emperor, Napoleon III, would speed mediation. Notes that his promotion has not altered him, as he still wears the same corduroy jacket, keeps his hair cut the same way, and shares the same feelings as before. Discusses his promotion, the Confederacy and fellow generals (including Earl Van Dorn, John Clifford Pemberton, William Loring, Franklin Gardner, Lloyd Tilghman, William Montague Browne, and Albert Rust). Says "...My…

GLC02215

18 December 1862

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Gibbs

General Pryor instructs, "Don't carry your troops to Blackwater Bridge in the morning. Hold them in readiness to join me at Franklin. The enemy threatens us seriously." Gibbs notes, in pencil, that he received this message at 9:30 pm. Possibly to Colonel George C. Gibbs of the 42nd North Carolina Infantry.

GLC02216

12 November 1863

Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel S. Donelson

General Randolph, former Confederate Secretary of War, writes: "If the War Department recognized the disbanding of your regiment you were thereby put out of commission and your subsequent assignment to duty was invalid. But if the Regt is still kept on the books of the Adjutant General as an existing regiment I presume that your commission as 1st Lt and Adjutant is yet in force... I think it hardly worth your while to incur the trouble and expense of a visit to Richmond if your Representative in Congress will attend to your application..." A pencil note, added at a later date, suggests that…

GLC02217

13 April 1864

Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John G. Walker

Discusses artillery, ammunition, commissions, assignments, and other military matters in the trans-Mississippi Department. Praises General Walker's command.

GLC02218

18 August 1864

Bryan, Gerry M., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John George Walker

Bryan, Assistant Adjutant General, writes from the Confederate Head Quarters of the Trans Mississippi Department on behalf of Department Commander Edmund Kirby Smith. Informs General Walker that Smith withdraws a previous order to make a public letter (3661) "in regard to crossing the Miss in command of your old Division."

GLC02219

April-May 1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of documents related to the surrender of the Army of Tennessee [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC02220

15 December 1823

Colvin, Richard, fl. 1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Wharton

Requests that Wharton, the Mayor of Philadelphia, prevent the exportation of specie to the East Indies, which has a negative effect on the prices "of Property, of Labour and of Work, and of Produce." Also discusses DeWitt Clinton's suitability as a presidential candidate for the election of 1824.

GLC02221

24 July 1861

Jay, John, 1817-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Jay, prominent abolitionist and grandson of the Revolutionary War patriot of the same name, argues "We have an agency at work for the abolition of slavery in the pending war more powerful than all the Conventions we could assemble. Every battle fought will teach our soldiers & the nation at large that slavery is the great cause of the war, that it is slavery which has brutalized & barbarized the South & that slavery must be abolished as our army advances as a military necessity." In a post script, notes that he is transmitting one of his recent addresses (not included). Torn on…

GLC02222

1 May 1864

Wickes, James H., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 15 announcing equal pay of troops]

Signed by Wickes as Captain and acting Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Edward Ward Hinks). Informs African American soldiers "By an act that has passed the Senate of the United States, and been favorably reported to the House of Representatives, you are to be paid hereafter as all other soldiers of the nation are paid. The General Commanding congratulates you upon this indication of a national appreciation of your worth as soldiers, and recognition of your rights as men." Issued by Captain Solon A. Carter, acting Assistant Adjutant General, based on Hinks' orders. Possibly…

GLC02223

31 August 1864

Pratt, William M., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 59 regarding the purchase of African Americans to serve in place of drafted persons]

Signed by Pratt, Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). Relates the story of John H. Irish, a recruiting agent, who attempted to bribe officers to allow him to cite previously enlisted men in order to satisfy recruiting quotas for Yates County, New York. States that Irish furthermore intended to sell the names to a recruiting agent in New Jersey, committing a double instance of fraud. Irish is portrayed as "a fair sample of a good portion of the Recruiting Agents who are now sent out from the Northern States, to purchase colored men to do the fighting for them to…

GLC02224.01

1 September 1864

Pratt, William M., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 60 regarding the recruitment of African American soldiers]

Signed by Pratt as Aide-de-Camp (possibly of Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). States that some officers "procure negroes and send them to particular agents, receiving from them pecuniary reward." Orders that commanding officers must send "all white and black refugees that come to their lines" to the provost marshal of their respective district. Affirms that other officers and soldiers should not be involved with recruiting unless instructed, and that recruiting agents must attend to their assignments in a legitimate matter. Declares "No more instances of the complicity of officers…

GLC02224.02

26 August 1852

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Newspaper

Title: Commonwealth. extra. [(August 26, 1852)]

Sumner's argument for the appeal of the Fugitive Slave Law was that the slaveholding southern states, and not the United States as a whole, condone the institution of slavery, and thus having a national law in which such an institution is aided and perpetuated in those states who have entered the Union as free (or have since outlawed slavery) is injust.

GLC02226

20 February 1862

Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863

Broadside

Title: [Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]

Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries spoke to Foote about his views toward the town's safety and property. Says "neither in their persons nor in their property, shall they suffer molestation by me or the naval force under my command." Goes on to say that "At the same time I require that all military stores and army equipments, shall be surrendered ... and farther, that no secession flag…

GLC02227