1777/10/06

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to William Woodford re: supplies for winter encampment at Valley Forge

GLC07847

1801/10/31

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John F. Mercer re: postponing visit with Madison to Mercer's estate

GLC07854

1865/01/28

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: to Edward O.C. Ord re: endorsement on petition

GLC07856

1757/09/30

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Ball Washington re: his brother's marriage, ordering clothing for slaves

With provenance note stating property of David A. Hayes, and a clipped signature of John Hancock, President.

GLC07858.01

[n.d.]

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Object

Title: Small rectangular piece of silver brocade

GLC07858.02

1775/12/05

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: Circular letter re: appeal to New England States

GLC07859

1862/06

United States. Congress.

Manuscript document

Title: An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories

GLC07864

1776/08/13

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Washington writes from Headquarters, New York, to an unidentified correspondent, verifiying receipt of a letter and promising to forward it "by the first opportunity." Washington signs as "Your most Obed.[ient and] H.[um]ble Servant." The letter has been carefully mounted on heavy bond paper.

GLC07867

1836/04/04

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Solomon Lincoln Esq.

Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits that should be put upon them;. also frankly discussing his ambiguous feelings about the issue of slavery. In part: "I would not undertake to say that the one hundred and one Germans of the compact on board the Mayflower, had all, or any of them, a conception of the consequences to the human race, of their emigration from Leyden; any more than…

GLC07868

1801/11/01

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Livingston, Esq.

Discussing his opinions on the Sedition act. In part: "...My text of explanation would be this. The President is to heave the laws executed. He may order an offense then to be prosecuted. If he sees a prosecution put into a train which is not lawful, he may order it to be discontinued and put into the legal train. I found a prosecution going on against Duane for an offense against the Senate, founded on the Sedition act. I affirm that act to be no law, because in opposition to the Constitution; and I shall treat it as a nullity whenever it comes in the way of my functions.."

GLC07869

1862/06/05

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Thomas E. Kirkley, convicted of subornation of perjury

GLC07871

1865/02/07

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major Thomas T. Eckert

Written on War Department, Washington City stationery, President Lincoln requests Major Thomas T. Eckert supply specific reports regarding the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. In part: "Please furnish me copies of all dispatches sent by the Secretary of War or myself, on or about the negotiations..." Lincoln lists the specific dispatches he is requesting (including ones to General Grant, General Ord, and Mr. Seward) by date.

GLC07872

1798/09/02

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Arthur St. Clair re: acknowledging salute of a frontier cavalry troop

GLC07848

1780/10/07

Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

Letter signed

Title: to Maj. Wemyss re: strategy for Carolina Campaign

GLC07849

1755/03/01

Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

Letter signed

Title: to Horatio Sharpe

GLC07850

1775/08/23

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Broadside

Title: A Proclamation, for Suppressing Rebellion...

GLC07851

1862/10/04

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

Letter signed

Title: to Edward O.C. Ord re: order to rescue Union Army at Corinth

GLC07852

1776/11/20

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Letter signed

Title: to Convention of the State of Georgia re: importance of carrying on the war

GLC07853

1857/07/20

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [B. Clarke Lundy] re: publication of his speech on Dred Scott and Utah

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 412

GLC07855

1848/05/03

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dr. James L. Ord re: early military career in California

GLC07857

1785/03/01

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: to John Hancock re: complimenting Hancock on his resignation as Governor

GLC07860

1801/01/05

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Drayton

Regarding the election of 1800 and seeking to settle a sum of money owed. "...I am extremely apprehensive of the consequences of the equality of Votes for a President - I do most sincerely hope the Federalists will act upon principle and observe a dignified and disinterested conduct on this important occasion."

GLC07861

1794/03/26

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Mifflin re: embargo on ships traveling to foreign ports

GLC07862

[1860/05/14-18]

Keyes, John S., fl. 1860

Autograph manuscript

Title: Daily journal of Massachusetts delegation to Republican National Convention

GLC07863.01

1860/05/16

Vorhees, N.W., fl. 1860

Autograph note signed

Title: [Resolution of New Jersey Delegation]

One manuscript page (in the hand of N. W. Voorhees, Secretary) in which the New Jersey Delegation responds to the Massachusetts Delegation's communication with a resolution of their own, instructing and informing the Delegates from Massachusetts that "William L. Dayton is the first choice of New Jersey, and that they can carry the State with him; and that the Delegation are not prepared at this present time to state what their second and third choice of Candidates may be." Validated as "A true copy," also in Voorhees' hand.

GLC07863.02