10 March 1860

Van Buren, John, 1810-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Van Buren, a Democratic party leader from New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "the Democrats of New York & I believe of the Union appreciate fully, & are warmly interested in the contest upon which you are entering. The principles of Democracy are the same throughout the Union: they are eminently conservative & National ... in opposition to Fanaticism, Sectionalism & Disunion ...Connecticut has the honor ... to engage in the preliminary…

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3 March 1860

Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Wood, Mayor of New York City, informs Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, that he will be able to speak at a political convention preceding the 1860 Presidential election. Written on New York Mayor's Office stationery. Labeled "private." Wood also served as a U.S. congressman from New York (1841-1842, 1863-1864, and 1867-1882). He was an outspoken Peace Democrat during the Civil War. Burr was the founder of the Hartford Times, a Connecticut newspaper. He served as a Connecticut Delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention.

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1892-1897

Header Record

Title: Items related to the creation of the Robert Gould Shaw Monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC02928

1830/05/25

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document

Title: Official copy, permitting Hugh Witt to get land & settle in Texas (in Spanish)

Written in Spanish, signed for Austin by Samuel May Williams. Streeter, Texas 9.

GLC02930

1824/08/11

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: Land deed to John Cooke & Isaac Hughes (cosigned by others) (in Spanish)

One of the earliest surviving documents from San Felipe de Austin. Also signed by the Baron de Bastrop, John Austin and Samuel May Williams. Written in Spanish. Grantee's copy.

GLC02931

1824/08/28

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: Memorandum re: purchase of land by Elijah Roark

GLC02932

1833/04/29

Ogden, Thomas L., fl. 1833

Broadside

Title: New Arkansas & Texas Land Co. grant to Sylvester Davis (cos. Jackson & Curtis)

Numbered 3895. Cosigned by Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis. Streeter, Texas Rev. 1138.1.

GLC02933

1853

Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867

Map

Title: Galveston entrance, Texas, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache superintendant of the survery of the coast of the United States

Map of the Galveston entrance in Texas from 1853. Sailing directions written on righthand side of document, including information about tides. Harbor shown is the Gulf of Mexico. Includes compass. Scale noted on bottom. Triangulation by R.H. Fauntleroy and J.S. WIlliams. Topopgraphy by J.M. Wampler. Hydrography by "the parties under the command of T.A. Craven & A.S. Baldwin."

GLC02941

15 October 1861

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hooper

Written from camp near Damstown. Banks, commanding a division, Army of the Potomac, replies to a note from Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Relates that he has been busy organizing his staff, and will soon make arrangements for Mr. D'Hautville (possibly Captain D'Hautville). Needs the approval of General George McClellan before he can proceed. Discusses troop movement, and the possibility of obtaining winter quarters farther south. Of Abraham Lincoln, writes, "The President looks to me fatigued and oppressed- He is sadly changed since I rec'd from him my…

GLC02944.01

17 October 1862

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, writes to Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Discusses the court martial of Lt. Goodrich (possibly the son of John Goodrich, former Representative and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts). Writes, "It is very difficult to get a reversal of the judgment of a court martial for the reason that the discipline of the army is so low, and the gov't so weak." Asks if it would be sufficient for President Lincoln and the Secretary (possibly Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War) to annul the sentence…

GLC02944.02

1863/06/19

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

Written as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Describes his forces advancing across the Potomac towards Pennsylvania. Lee mentions problems procuring supplies; Harpers Ferry. Was written near Millwood, Virginia.

GLC02948

23 December 1837

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter Wager

Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling exists among the southern men, than at any former period, on the subject of the abolition petitions. I begin to fear that the question may prove dangerous to the Union."

GLC02949

1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: Items pertaining to John Augustine Washington [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02953

8 January 1800

Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845

Newspaper

Title: Columbian centinel and Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 32, No. 37 (January 8, 1800)]

Includes a report from James Craik and Elisha C. Dick, physicians from Alexandria, Virginia, present at the 14 December 1799 death of George Washington. Contains a detailed description of funeral honors dedicated to Washington by the inhabitants of Watertown, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and New York City. Contains Congressional news, public announcements, and notices of sale.

GLC02960

1841/04/29

Clopper, Nicholas, fl. 1841

Document signed

Title: Capital stock certificate for $50 for land in Portland, Republic of Texas

Signed as agent for sales. Engraved stock certificate. Streeter, Texas 450. Written at Galveston

GLC02934

1846/04/17

De Cordova, Jacob, 1808-1868

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for $25 from W. Rhodes for surveying headright of James O. Rice]

Records the payment by De Cordova and James O. Rice to W. Rhodes, "administrator on the Estate of J.P. Kimball," for locating and surveying Rice's headright.

GLC02935

1883

The Ladies Association of the First Presbyterian Church

Book

Title: The Texas cook book.... [first Texas cookbook]

Edited by the Lady's Association of the First Presbyterian Church. Standard fare plus some ethnic dishes. With 60 interleaved manuscript recipes.

GLC02936

1831

Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company

Pamphlet

Title: Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay....

One of the first accounts of Texas written in English. Printed by G.F. Hopkins and Sons. First edition, first issue, printed without appendix. Graff 1494, Howes S1137.

GLC02937

15 December 1835

McFarland, William, fl. 1835

Document signed

Title: [Sale of land to Archibald Hotchkiss]

Sale of land document from John Davidson to Archibald Hotchkiss. Handwritten note in pencil on top of document: "Galveston Bay: Texas Land co. 450." Docket on verso.

GLC02938

1849/09/03

Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849

Manuscript document

Title: Land grant [1840] to Levi Jones & Edward Hall of 18215 acres on Galveston Island

Certified copy signed by George W. Smyth as Land Office Commissioner.

GLC02939

1844/03/04

Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Republic of Texas Treasury warrant for $1000 signed by Compt. S. B. Shaw

Texas Treasury warrant endorsed on verso by Jones as Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Signed by Samuel B. Shaw as comptroller and Charles Mason as auditor.

GLC02940

1887

Johnson, A.J., fl. 1887

Map

Title: County map of the state of Texas

County map of Texas from 1887. Colored in pink and green. Includes a smaller map of the "plan of Galveston and vicinity." Page numbers on top of map are 64 and 65. Published by Wm Bradley & Bros.

GLC02942

1865-1880

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Header Record

Title: Documents regarding the Deschapelles plantation in Louisiana during and after Reconstruction [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC02943

1819/09/02

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Spencer Roane

Responds to Judge Roane's critical comments on the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland. Contends that the case "did not call for the general & abstract doctrine interwoven with the decision," preferring that the court evaluate the meaning of the law from particular decisions, not abstractions. Worries about growing legislative powers of the federal government, the doctrine of expediency implied by the ruling, and the institution of a broad "rule of [constitutional] construction." Argues that much misinterpretation of the Constitution arises from "the use made of the…

GLC02945

12 December 1838

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Brown Dillon

Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General Government it is retained by the States..." Argues that its omission from the Constitution leaves the slavery question up to individual states, not to the federal government. Emphasizes he is writing as a friend, not for publication. Includes a note written in pencil at the top of page one, pertaining to the purchase of this letter and…

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