1798

Book

Title: An Act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling houses,... [taxation]

Also printed with "An Act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States." Apparently first (unrecorded) Virginia printing.

GLC04159

1802

Caines, George, fl. 1802

Book

Title: An Enquiry into the law merchant of the United States...

First American treatise on commercial law. Vol. 1 was the only one published. First edition. American Imprints 1978, Marvin p. 169. Spine title: Lex Mercatoria. Dedicated to Jefferson. Signed on titlepage " Jona. D. Weston."

GLC04160

1821

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Book signed

Title: Report upon weights and measures.

An attempt to synthesize history, philosophy and physics into a coherent whole that illuminates the nature of human relations. Recommends the adoption of the metric system, as a blessing that will lead to "the improvement of the physical, moral and intellectual condition of man upon earth," by making stronger the "links of sympathy between the inhabitants of the most distant regions." Points to international suppression of the slave trade as a precedent for an international effort to standardize weights and measures. First edition. Inscribed by Adams to diplomat and politician Jonathan…

GLC04045

15 April 1829

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Letter signed

Title: to Francisco Pacon

Written by Van Buren as Secretary of State. Acknowledges Pacon's letter of 11 April 1829 which provided "a List of all the Grants of Land, purporting to have been made in the Floridas, by the Government of His Catholic Majesty." This diplomatic letter deals with the messy entanglements and complications of territorial land issues between the United States and Spain in Florida. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819, but the transition was messy because the King of Spain always exercised the right of granting lands to whomever he pleased. The American plan was to sell the land in…

GLC04058

January 25, 1777

Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Schuyler

Encloses the preceedings of a court martial (not included). Reports that General Washington advanced on the enemy at New York City two days prior and that General Heath is laying siege at Fort Independence.

GLC04067

11 April 1806

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Mason

Asks General Mason to serve as one of three disinterested commissioners for the Cumberland Road, two of which should come from "this quarter." A post script indicates he was also asking Thomas Moore, who accepted. Mason apparently declined, since Eli Williams of Maryland became the second eastern commissioner (Joseph Kerr, the other commissioner, was from Ohio).

GLC04076

2 January 1832

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas L. McKenney

Adams offers advice on McKenney's work on American Indian tribes, "History of the Indian Tribes of North America." Adams, who had read the book's proofs, suggests defining terms like prairie for the European audience. Expresses his hopes that the book had gone into detail on the Shawnee prophet.

GLC04077

January 16, 1904

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Paul H. Lacey

Discusses his desire for a Square Deal for all Americans. Severely faded. Typed on White House letterhead.

GLC04078

28 November 1863

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Faxon

Written by Rear Admiral Farragut to Faxon as the chief clerk of the Navy Department on stationery of Astor House. Says he saw Mr. Davis, a government paymaster, and told him to go to Washington to settle the matter of the prize money that was turned over to the paymaster of the "Pensacola."

GLC04083

July 20, 1861

Page, Charles A., 1838-1873

Free frank

Title: to John H. Hawes

Page, writing from the Treasury Department, Fifth Auditor's Office, comments on personal matters and mutual acquaintances, mentions attending "the Inauguration," says he.intends to watch the Battle of First Bull Run, and weighs in on Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Writes, "By the way, I take it for granted that you are heart & soul for the war- that you have enough of the spirit of Gen Jackson for that- I take it for granted that you conced Lincoln makes a good President, as I admit in similar circumstances Douglas would- peace to his ashes." Letter measures 20.6 x 26.8 cm. Comes with…

GLC04088

1921

Edmonston, fl. 1921

Photograph signed

Title: [Signed photograph of President Warren G. Harding and his cabinet]

Signed by President Harding and Vice President Calvin Coolidge. Also signed by his cabinet: Herbert Hoover, Charles E. Hughes, Andrew W. Mellon, John W. Weeks, Harry M. Daugherty, Will H. Hays, Edwin Denby, Albert B. Fall, Henry C. Wallace, and James J. Davis. Date inferred from the presence of Postmaster General Hays.

GLC04097

1832-1870s

Indian Treaties

Header Record

Title: Collection of 84 printed treaties between the U.S. & Indian Nations [Decimalized .01- .83]

Official Treaties signed in type by presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant. Pamphlets. Copies of titlepages on-file.

GLC04099

10 April 1917

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother

Written on stationery of the American Expeditionary Forces, Office of General Purchasing Agent. Writes to his mother regarding his associates, including Russian Grand Duke Alexander.

GLC04048.01

26 August 1920

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother

Sends birthday wishes to his mother.

GLC04048.02

1799

Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831

Book

Title: A Summary History of New England... [with ALS 5/15/1796 tipped-in]

GLC04049

1776

Van Schaick, Goose, 1736-1789

Pamphlet signed

Title: Rules and articles for the better government of the troops raised, or to be raised and kept in pay by and at the expence of the United States of America.

Created by the Continental Congress and printed by John Dunlap. Signed by Colonel Goose Van Schaick in 1777. Contains uniform regulations for commissioned and noncommissioned officers, relates penalties and reasons for the issue of Court Martials. Discusses seditious activity, the organization and assembly of raised troops, penalties for false returns, the liberty to bring provisions into forts, and various other topics. Issued by order of Congress, presided over by John Hancock, 20 September 1776. The back cover states "Articles of War, Col. GV Schaick."

GLC04050

1814

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Book

Title: History of the Expedition... [1st Ed. in original boards; Paul Allen, compiler]

Full title: "History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6. By order of the Government of the United States. Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire." Original boards for each volume. Published by Bradford and Inskeep. (Lewis died before he finished editing the Journals, which were completed by Nicholas Biddle in 1812, but the printer, Conrad, failed and other printers refused publication. Bradford &…

GLC04051.01

1900

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Header Record

Title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean : performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806 by order of the government of the United States

Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esq., revised and abridged by Archibald M'Vickar. Reprint by A. W. Fowle, apparently of the 1845 Harper Brothers edition.

GLC04051.02

13 August 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Signature

Title: [Clipped signature from letter addressed to Lucy Knox]

Close of a letter to his wife: "Your ever affectionate HKnox." A partial address appears on the verso. Date written in pencil at a later date.

GLC04053

20 February 1879

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sarah Dorsey

Promise to pay $2,500 by January, 1882 for the Beauvoir plantation owned by Dorsey in Harrison County, Mississippi. The note was to serve as a lien against the property. Davis and his wife moved onto the estate grounds in 1877, so that Davis could write his memoirs. Dorsey died before the note came due, but left Beauvoir and three other plantations to Davis in her will.

GLC04054

8 August 1699

Penn, William, 1644-1718

Document signed

Title: [Partially-printed Quaker marriage certificate between Richard Richardson and Elizabeth Collard]

Marriage certificate signed by 67 other Quakers. William Penn's is the first signature. A separate section of signatures is designated: "relations." Document is dirty around edges.

GLC04055

January 18, 1862

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to a captain]

Possibly written in Virginia. Howard describes a recent foraging expedition. Reports that a Squadron of Cavalry under Major Beveridge 8th Illinois was sent to his Head Quarters (possibly referring to John Lourie Beveridge). Recently went to "Edsel's Hill." Saw the Widow Fitzhugh, whom he claims has protection from Generals [Levit?], Blenker, and Franklin (possibly Louis Blenker and William Buel Franklin). Notes that the widow has no forage or stock beyond what she needs. Mentions Burt's Station. Comments on stock and supplies, mentioning civilians living near the Little River Turnpike.

GLC04056

16 June 1862 - 17 June 1862

Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897

Header Record

Title: Four notes to be telegramed to Pierre G. T. Beauregard [Decimalized .01-.04]

Four autograph copies of notes that were sent to Beauregard as telegrams. Telegrams relate to various preparations for military action and the defense of Confederate positions in Mississippi. All telegrams were sent to Beauregard in Tupelo, Mississippi. Discusses protecting plantation boats, the enemy at Holly Springs, the position of repairing machinery, and the need for railroad cars to transport men and supplies.

GLC04057

1853

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Pamphlet signed

Title: The discovery and colonization of America, and immigration to the United States.

Title continues: "a lecture delivered before the New York Historical Society, in Metropolitan Hall, on the 1st of June, 1853." Inscribed by Everett to Wallace R. Jones.

GLC04059

1871

Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888

Book

Title: The Wonders of Yosemite Valley and of California [1st Edition]

With ten original photographic illustrations by John P. Soule. Geographic and historical sketch of the Yosemite Valley, located in central California. Title and text within red line borders. Original decorated cloth, gilt edges, and gilt spine and cover titles. Dr. Kneeland was a professor of zoology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

GLC04060