20 July 1792

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Document signed

Title: [Circular letter to port collectors]

Printed circular letter signed by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. Points out common errors in customs collection.

GLC02052

circa April 1870

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: to Ulysses S. Grant re: petition for executive clemency for Mrs. William Mason

Autograph note signed as Governor of Ohio, appended to a petition (and character testimonial) for Mrs. William Mason (nee Sarah Anderson), jailed for postal fraud. Also with the notes and endorsements of the U.S. Judge, Marshall and Sheriff, all on the second page.

GLC02053

24 January 1735

Cosby, William, fl. 1690-1736

Document signed

Title: Inquisition

Co-signed and sealed by Stephen Cortlandt, John Moore, David Clarkson, Joseph Reade, Anthony Duane, Enoch Stephenson, Thomas Vater, Gulian Verplanck, Thomas Day, Abraham Van Horne, David Abell, and Matthew Clarkson. Oaths taken at the house of Robert Todd to maintain that the people have sustained damages at the hands of King George II, to whom this inquiry is directed. Signed by Cosby as High-Sheriff of New York City.

GLC02055

1863

Marshall, William Edgar, 1837-1906

Sketch signed

Title: [Pen and ink drawing of council of war at Gettysburg]

Signed in pencil by Marshall, and apparently intended for publication. The original pen and ink drawing shows Meade, Sykes, Newton, Butterfield, Getty, and Howard. Mounted; dimensions refer to the image.

GLC02057

11 November 1788

Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813

Letter signed

Title: to William Ellery

Circular letter (marked "Copy") signed by Osgood and Walter Livingston to Ellery as Loan Officer for the state of Rhode Island. Sends directions for "issuing one years Interest on the domestic debt," which had been delayed in hopes that the accounts could be adjusted properly (which did not occur). Sent from the Board of Treasury

GLC02058

7 August 1781

Dunlap, John, 1747-1812

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania packet, or, the general advertiser [Vol. 10, No. 765 (August 7, 1781)]

Reports news on the Charleston campaign and peace negotiations during the American Revolution. Contains news from other papers in America and around the world. An article from the London Evening Post discusses the "infamous letters, published...under the signature Cicero" by Joseph Galloway, a Pennsylvania lawyer and politician. Prints a British letter from George Germain intercepted on a ship to New York. Contains other news from around the colonies and many advertisements. Width unfolded is 52.8 cm.

GLC02059

16 March 1791

Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845

Newspaper

Title: Columbian centinel. [Vol. 15, no. 729 (16 March 1791)]

Reprints "An act to incorporate the subscribers of the Bank of the United States." References the establishment of the National Bank. Other news includes congressional news, local news, ship arrivals, postings, and advertisements. Handwritten note in pen in upper right hand corner reads "Bank Act".

GLC02060

1 February 1783

Harrison & Co., fl. 1783

Magazine

Title: The British magazine and review, or, Universal miscellany. [Vol. II, no. 18 (Jan. 1783)]

In addition to its regular news and literary items, prints the preliminary treaties of peace (Treaty of Paris) between England and the United States and France, ending the American Revolution. Published by Harrison & Co.

GLC02061

12 March 1877

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

Letter signed

Title: to C. F. Manahan

Requests that Manahan make arrangements with Western Union Telegraph Company or the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company to connect lines with his private line. Offers to repeat a telephone lecture in Lowell [Massachusetts] as long as the lines are connected, for a fee of $200. Written one year after the first telephone patent.

GLC02062

18 September 1862

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leonard Ross

Discusses an exaggerated news report regarding the battle of Antietam. Writes "The substance of the news is that 'Genl McClellan has driven the Rebels out of Maryland with great slaughter and has bagged Genl Lee.' The bagging part I think is prospective and the other like all telegraphic news from the Associated Press must be taken with some grains of allowance. The dispatch says 'Bully for Mc'...I think on the whole it is good." Seems skeptical of the good news, and rightly so. Lee was not captured, and though he was driven from Maryland, both sides suffered heavy losses. Written on…

GLC02063.01

8 August 1878

Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to dear General

Replies to correspondence from an unknown recipient. Remarks that the delay in his reply is due to serious illness in his family, and a recent yellow fever outbreak (possibly in New Orleans, where Hood lived after the Civil War). Discusses records, held by himself and the recipient, pertaining to the Army of Tennessee under Hood's command.

GLC02063.02

circa 1865

Hardee, William J., 1815-1873

Signature

Title: [Clipped signature]

Written on lined paper fortified by solid backing.

GLC02063.03

circa 1865

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Signature

Title: [Clipped signature]

Contains biographical information pertaining to Johnston and price written in pencil on verso.

GLC02063.04

circa 1865

Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906

Signature

Title: [Clipped signature]

GLC02063.05

circa 1865

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

Signature

Title: [Clipped signature]

GLC02063.06

circa 1865

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

Signature

Title: [Clipped signature]

GLC02063.07

29 March 1901

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Document signed

Title: [Check written to George C. Boldt]

Check from the Mechanics' National Bank written for $118.17. Contains canceled 2 cent stamp. Includes a stamp on verso instructing "Pay to the order of the Astor National Bank, N. Y. Geo. C. Boldt, (The Waldorf-Astoria)." Contains an Astor National Bank stamp indicating receipt of payment on 30 March 1901.

GLC02063.08

1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Edward Ortho Cresap Ord]

Carte de visite signed on mount. 3/4 sitting by Brady.

GLC02136.02

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Winfield Scott Hancock]

Signed after July 1866 when he was promoted to Major General because of his service at Gettysburg.

GLC02136.11

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of George Henry Thomas]

Signed on image as Maj Gen., bust by Brady

GLC02136.12

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of John McAllister Schofield]

Sogned on image as Major General.

GLC02136.15

1889

Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Absalom Baird]

With short biographical description on verso. Awarded the Medal of Honor, Civil War at Jonesboro, Ga. Gilt edges. Sept 1864 - "Voluntarily led a detached brigade in an assault upon the enemy's works."

GLC02136.16

1865 ca.

Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Wade Hampton]

Signed on image. Gilt edges. Bust by C.M. Bell.

GLC02136.20

1 February 1864

Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867

Broadside

Title: [New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]

Proclamation promulgated by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and New Hampshire Secretary of State Allen Tenny. Encourages the enlistment of New Hampshire citizens, who "will rise in their might and like an avalanche... sweep the last traces of armed treason into the Gulf of Mexico." Says the state needs 200,000 more troops to fill its quota by 10 March 1864. Gilmore was attempting to fulfill the terms of Lincoln's draft call of 1 February 1864 acting under the Congressional Conscription Act of 3 March 1863. Pasted to a cardboard backing.

GLC02125

1882

Washburn, W.W., fl. 1882

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Jefferson Davis]

Bust photograph. Signed on photograph image and also inscribed on verso, in purple ink.

GLC02126