19 May 1781

Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of ordnance & military stores in garrison at Fort Schuyler with ye alterations since last return

Written at Fort Schuyler. Signed by Moodie as Captain, Second Regiment of Artillery. Lists numbers of cannon and mortars, ladles, casks of powder, flints, and other items.

GLC02437.10489

1 June 1781

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered as of 31 May 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10678

31 May 1781

Van Rensselaer, Philip, 1747-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and stores at Albany, New York. Items listed by type, and date issued.

GLC02437.10679

1833-1868

Pamphlet

Title: Indians-46 separately printed indian treaties.

Forty six printed treaties between the United States and various Indian Nations, signed in type by the following presidents: Franklin Pierce (1), Andrew Jackson (15), Abraham Lincoln (6), Martin Van Buren (4), James K. Polk (3), Andrew Johnson (4), James Buchanan (3).

GLC08055

4 July 1863

Harding, William W., 1830-1889

Broadside

Title: [Philadelphia] Inquirer Extra.

Reports latest developments at Gettysburg per Meade's dispatches. They have "repulsed the enemy on every attack."

GLC08056

24 April 1861

Olmstead, Lemuel Gregory, 1808-1880

Broadside

Title: Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States

Eight articles express severe pro-Union sentiments. First article calls for unconditional surrender. Second article calls for one hundred "arch traitors" to be delievered up and hung. Third article calls for record of names of traitors so they can be disfranchised forever. Fourth article calls for property of traitors to be confiscated. Fifth article calls for seceded states to pay the balance of all expenses. Sixth article calls for the payment of debts due to Northerners. Seventh article calls for "the immediate and unconditional abolition of Slavery." Eighth article says seceded states…

GLC08057

25 February 1801

Broadsheet

Title: A Bill, to amend the act, intituled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"

Print broadsheet of a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives which would make it illegal to "conceal, harbour, and employ, or aid or abet in concealing or harbouring any fugitive from labour, escaping from one state into another, or to, or from either of the territories of the United States." Blank space in the text where a dollar amount can be written in for a fine that can be recovered by the owner. Also says that owners can petition the court to issue a warrant for any fugitive slave whose whereabouts are known. Says if the slave is arrested and the master does not come to retrieve…

GLC08058.01

25 February 1801

Broadside

Title: A Bill, to amend the act, intituled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"

Same bill as GLC08058.01, with several amendments. Settles the penalty for knowingly harboring escaped slaves at $500 and requires those employing black labor to see a manumission paper. Says can avoid the penalty if the employer advertises a general description of the slave and his time and place of employment for at least three weeks. Requires jailers to advertise for at least six weeks that a slave has been jailed. Says whoever has the slave jailed will have to put up security for any bills and fees the jailing will incur.

GLC08058.02

1811-1848

McCarthy, Charles, ?-1824

Book

Title: [Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone]

Documents issued in Sierra Leone, many dealing with slavery. Bound by Colonial Office Library (possibly the Colonial Office Library of London). Contains a brief and incomplete handwritten table of contents. An exhaustive compilation of documents related to the British rule of Sierra Leone 1811-1848. First act possibly docketed by Charles McCarthy, Governor of Sierra Leone 1814-1824, 11 November 1815. Contains documents related to McCarthy's rule in Sierra Leone and several newspaper clippings from 1822 and 1823, pertaining to McCarthy. Includes a variety of treaties between the British…

GLC08059.01

24 August 1791

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: John Sinclair.

Praising French Revolution: "It would be unfortunate were it in the power of one man [the king] to defeat the issue of so beautiful a revolution. I hope... that for the good of suffering humanity all over the earth, that revolution will be established and spread thro' the whole world."

GLC08060

14 June 1783

Fox, Charles J., fl. 1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: David Hartley.

Secret instructions for treat of Paris.

GLC08061

17 January 1811

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Benjamin Rush.

On the corrupting influence of money in politics, "This mire of banks, stocks and speculation."

GLC08062

16 June 1792

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Marquis de Lafayette.

Re: "Exterminating the Monster Aristocracy" of New England Federalists, Constitution, The Voice of the People, French Colonies, and to Compound (House in Secure Facilities) Slaves in St. Dominique (Haiti).

GLC08063

20 April 1815

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Benjamin Crowninshield.

Directing operations against Barbary Pirates.

GLC08064

07 December 1822

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Dr. Cutting.

Conveying views on paper currency as inflationary "Fictious Money."

GLC08065

15 March 1833

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: Condemning Nullification and Secession as a "Violation without cause, of a faith somnly pledged"; asserting supremacy of federal over state laws.

Condemning Nullification and Secession as a "Violation without cause, of a faith somnly pledged"; asserting supremacy of federal over state laws.

GLC08066.01

23 March 1812

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Dr. Charles Everett.

Re: Taking legal action against a nephew of Thomas Jefferson for mistreat ment of a slave-God "made the black people, and they ought not be treated with barbarity."

GLC08067

01 May 1836

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Morton Eddy.

Lambasting Daniel Webster: "His Constitutional doctrins are radically unsound."

GLC08068

07 January 1855

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Robert Tyler.

Re: Recalling earliea era of "Political Romance," Jefferson's ideals, and role in nullification crisis: "History will not do me justice."

GLC08069

22 December 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Gideon Welles

Directing the temporary suppression of information about a nephew of William Seward, who was involved with the blockade running trade during the Civil War. With FF.

GLC08070

11 May 1864

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

Letter signed

Title: To: Ambrose Burnside.

Re: Ordering a "Vigorous attack against the enemy" at Spotsylvania.

GLC08071

24 March 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Tench Tilghman [possibly incomplete]

Docketed to "Colonel" Tilghman, possibly Tench Tilghman, one of George Washington's aides. Reports that seventeen armorers employed at Fishkill, New York, have not been paid for nearly two years. If they do not receive clothing, Knox fears they will leave their posts, which will in consequence "greatly injure us especially in the repair of arms." Notes that the men work under John Ruddock, Deputy Quartermaster of stores at Fishkill. Thinks the men's request for clothing is reasonable. Knox's working draft.

GLC02437.00925

27 March 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to George Washington

Discusses the appointment of officers in the artillery, complaining that there are no established principles for governing such appointments. "That the greatest caution should be observed in making the appointments I would humbly propose that they should originate with the Colonels of the regiments..." Also discusses promotion within the artillery. Writes, regarding "promotion of an individual State," "If your Excellency should view this matter in the same point of light I beg you would be pleas'd to make such a representation to Congress as may prevent the evils apprehende'd." Body of…

GLC02437.00929

2 April 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tench Tilghman

Docketed to Colonel Tilghman, one of George Washington's aides. Reports that a company at West Point has been annexed to Colonel Proctor's regiment. Asks for George Washington's instructions as to whether or not he should order the company to Proctor's regiment immediately. Asks for news regarding General [Nathanael] Greene, Commander of the Southern Department. Remarks that his son Harry is feeling better today.

GLC02437.00933

10 April 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel [Tench] Tilghman

Shaw, General Henry Knox's aide, writes to Tilghman, George Washington's aide. Reports that the bearer of this note, Lt. Williams, has been robbed of all of his clothes and needs to obtain an order from the clothing store to replace his lost items. Another officer who lived with Williams was robbed by the same villains.

GLC02437.00937