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to George Clinton re: complaints about a French officer; fortifying Hudson

Responding to complaints about a French officer Col. Louis la Radiere, the engineer engaged in works for the Hudson Highland defenses. "We could wish to avoid offence to any foreigners...we would treat them with all possible respect: but we must not...

GLC07128

to unknown re: evaluating British commanders in America; campaign

A remarkably outspoken letter written three months after Lexington. He evaluates commanders and vows that now further accommodations are now possible: "We will soon have very interesting news from Boston, as I never can believe that Howe will be...

GLC07129

to Robert Morris re: defending James Duane's loyalty

"I am exceedingly hurt at the wicked attack made on Mr. Duane. Envy Hatred Malice and all Uncharitableness must have conspired in producing it. Whatever suspicions some folks might entertain of his political conduct from his opposition to certain Men...

GLC07130

Authority to affix the seal to commission of Norman B. Judd as commissioner

To "A Full power authorizing Mr. Norman B. Judd, to negotiate a convention, with the Gov't. of Prussia, on the subject of the rights of neutrals & belligerents in time of war." Judd, a Chicago attorney, was closely involved in Lincoln's election to...

GLC07134

Affix seal to the pardon of Confederate officer Benjamin C. Robertson

Robertson was a Confederate officer from Tennessee. Lincoln had requested the pardon from Attorney General Edward Bates the day before (see Basler, 2d suppl. 87). The circumstances for the pardon are unknown. Unfortunately Robertson died before...

GLC07135

[Report to continental Congress]

Manuscript copy of Philip Schuyler letter (probably made for forwarding to Washington), with 4 line endorsement by Washington: "Copy of Genl Schuyler's Letter to the Contl. Congress. 13th Jan. 1776." Schuyler announces the death of Richard Montgomery...

GLC07139

to Rev. M. Morton re: seeking payment from tardy tenant of George Fairfax

"I could be no neighbor to a person who bore the Character you (justly, or unjustly....) did, there is no reason why Col. Fairfax (a third person) is to have the same Card to play over again next year in pursuit of another tenant." Washington acted...

GLC07143

to Carrie C. Catt re: women's suffrage

President Wilson expresses solidarity with the woman's suffrage movement. "I have a very real interest in the extension of the suffrage to the women, and I feel that every step in this direction should be applauded." Catt headed the influential...

GLC07144

to William Henry Harrison

Asks Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territory, to help pass laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to Indians, in hopes that it will remove a "great obstacle to their acquiring industrious habits." Also notes that the general government policy...

GLC07156

to Jacob Glen

Written in perceptible haste at the height of King George's War, probably from Fort Oswego. "... there is an Onondaga Indian now come from Canada... says that... there was an Army of the french &ca, ready to march towards these parts, In order he...

GLC07132

to James M. Waite re: his true first name, Abraham

An intriguing letter, no doubt in response to one of the many letters Lincoln received after he became a presidential candidate. In full: "You ask for my true ch(r)istian name. It is Abraham."

GLC07133

to Robert R. Livingston re: his victory at Montreal, need for support

Written on the day he succeeded in taking Montreal: "I have courted fortune and found her kind." Now planning his attack on Quebec, he requests support from Livingston and the Continental Congress: "It will be absolutely necessary to throw a...

GLC07136

to Nathanael Greene re: lack of pay and hardship due to army service

A letter to his former commander concerning his situation and back pay owed to him and to the Continental soldiers who served under him. He thanks Greene for the recommendation of a Captain Osborn. He complains about the compensation from the state...

GLC07137

to George Clinton re: reporting Battle of Oriskany

Writing to Governor Clinton, providing early reports of the costly British ambush of General Herkimer and an American contingent at Oriskany on 6 August. "I wish it was in my power to march a body of men to the relief of Fort Schuyler [i.e., Fort...

GLC07140

to William Green re: news of the fall of the Alamo

Written to his brother in Virginia. "The condition of Texas is now calamitous indeed... unprepared for the army now invading her... & she has not the semblance of an army on the field."

GLC07141.01

to William Green re: Texas land deals

"The public lands...will be such as a capitalist could purchase to advantage...certainly a good investment unless the abolition questions should affect it."

GLC07141.02

The Constitution of the United States [Connecticut ratification act printing]

Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, printing the Constitution, with the act of the Connecticut Convention, ratifying it 9 January 1788 at end. Connecticut was the fifth state to ratify the new Constitution. This is presumed to have been printed at...

GLC07142

to unknown [incomplete]

Writes at length on the relationship between church and state, particularly in regard to unconstitutional tax assessment and the use of public funds to build a Congregational meeting house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Discusses the Constitution...

GLC07160.01

to Loring Andrews

Writes a letter to the editor of the Western Star to condemn the practice of using public funds to pay for parish teachers linked to denominational majorities. Such taxation and town treasury appropriations, he charges, violate the constitutional...

GLC07160.04

to Ezekiel Bacon re: free-trade in turbulent Europe

Written while serving as American minister to Russia. "Neutrality . . . alone will preserve our independence." Folio.

GLC07162

Appeal for prayer and thanksgiving "Union liberty and victory. Thanks to God"

Pottstown, Pa. printing by a local minister, rector George Latimer, of Lincoln's appeal for a day of prayer and thanksgiving after the fighting in the Wilderness

GLC07165

Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no.20 (June 19, 1790)]

Whole no. 124. re: Notice of Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution; Washington's letter to Hebrew Congregation of Savannah; etc.

GLC07270

to [Benjamin Tallmadge] re: spy report, setting meeting

Washington wants to discuss a spy report concerning British troop movements in New York: "Knowledge of that circumstance in the enemy might blast the whole design"

GLC07277

to Nathanael Greene re: supporting the Society of Cincinnati

The Society is designed to counter the "Temper of the New England States," and prepare it for the "decision of the weighty matters which may be brought on." (Small losses affecting text at center right fold.)

GLC07278

to Charles M. Bruce

To be held at the Middlesex Club in Boston. "No man cherished General Grant's memory with more affection than I do. And it is always a pleasure to me to testify to the nobility of his character."

GLC07301