31 July 1827

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Simeon Brown's invention for moving brick, stone, or wooden buildings with the chimneys, furniture, and families therein]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and faded red ribbon.

GLC06237

6 July 1802

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Edward West's improvement, being a machine for cutting and heading nails]

Signed by Thomas Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Levi Lincoln as Attorney General. West's written description of his invention is signed by Andrew Holmes and Lewis Sanders as witnesses. Contains a paper seal and faded white ribbon. Several unattached ribbon scraps accompany this document.

GLC06238

18 March 1818

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Document signed

Title: [Patent for John Babcock's improvement in printer's ball stocks]

Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Babcock's description (page two) countersigned by R. J. Ingersoll and William Scott as witnesses. Contains a covered seal and faded white ribbon.

GLC06239

5 April 1821

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Document signed

Title: [Patent for James Morgan's improvement in warping, dressing, and weaving cotton goods by water or other power]

Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and red ribbon.

GLC06240

1870

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Book

Title: Organization of the bridge equipage of the United States Army, with directions for the construction of military bridges.

Signed by George W. Goethals, the engineer of the Panama Canal and dated December 1881. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Contains six folding illustrations. With bookplate of Goethals on inside cover.

GLC06254

1900

Eldridge, W. C., fl. 1900

Book

Title: Elementary manual of practice. Civil war claims.

Manual regarding Civil War pension claims published by the Government Printing Office. Compiled by Eldridge and L. R. Ginn for the office of F. H. Morris, Auditor for the War Department. Includes information on Bounty Acts, veteran's status, heirship in bounty, desertion, death after discharge, recruits, volunteers, drafted men, substitutes, and instructions to African American soldiers, among other topics. Contains a sticker and imprint from Dover Public Library, Dover, New Hampshire. Includes handwritten numbers and letters underneath the title on page three.

GLC06264

25 October 1856

Miller, Daniel L., fl. 1856

Broadside

Title: ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Let every Voter Examine and Judge for Himself!

Election broadside focusing on the extension of slavery. Compares the Presidential platforms of James Buchanan/John C. Breckinridge and John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton. Buchanan/Breckinridge attest that "Congress has no Constitutional right to prohibit slavery in the territories, and that such prohibition would be inexpedient." Fremont/Dayton argue that "Congress has the Constitutional right, and that it is expedient, to prohibit both slavery and polygamy in the territories belonging to the people of the whole Union." Contains quotes from former United States leaders, including Thomas…

GLC06275

February 12, 1897

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clara Hammond McGuigan

Bell writes to Superintendent of the Mystic Oral School McGuigan about current issues in deaf education. He is waiting in Washington because he may be called to testify before a Congressional Committee concerning a bill supported by both of them. Advises her how to respond to confusion about and criticism of the "oral method" of schooling deaf children. Includes his evaluation of the effectiveness of English, French, and German sign language.

GLC06277

10 July 1830

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Enoch Honeywell's improvement, entitled the Water Elevator]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State and John MacPherson Berrien as Attorney General. Honeywell's description of his invention is signed by F. R. Mudge and Marcellus Weston as witnesses. Contains a seal and blue ribbon.

GLC06279

17 September 1862

Bragg, Edward Stuyvesant, 1827-1912

Autograph quotation signed

Title: Colloquy under fire!

Quote from Antietam battlefield. Reads "Aid-de Camp Haskell (riding on to the field & raising his cap) 'Genl Gibbons' compliments: Press the enemy as far as it is safe' Col Bragg. 'raising a [] hat' 'Col Bragg's compliment to Genl Gibbons - It has been d--d unsafe here for fifteen minutes' ----- 'Steady six- forward.'"

GLC06181

2 October 1863

Brennan, Matthew T., fl. 1822-1870

Document signed

Title: [Draft substitute certificate for Charles Strickland]

Certificate 191 is co-signed by Comptroller Matthew T. Brennan, Supervisor Tweed. Also includes two other illegible signatures. Page two is countersigned by Michael Conway. Partially printed document verifiying that Charles Strickland, a carpenter, has obtained a draft substitute, William Duck. Also verifies that William Duck is Strickland's substitute, and page three verifies that N. Muller is Duck's substitute. Five cent internal revenue stamps on pages two and three.

GLC06182

20 September 1812

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: Of the validity of the laws granting Livingston & Fulton the exclusive right of using fire and steam to propel boats or vessels

Legal review of the Robert R. Livingston - Robert Fulton steamboat monopoly case. Burr examines the case from two reference points, "1st - With reference to the Laws and Constitution of New York. 2d - As to the Constitution and Laws of the United States." Argues against the monopoly granted to Fulton and Livingston in a point by point analysis. With autograph summation signed by Burr on the last page stating that he made all attempts to make his remarks intelligible.

GLC06183

1850s?

Porter, Noah, fl. 1850

Photograph

Title: Quarter plate daguerreotype in original gilt decorated leather case

A 1/4 plate daguerreotype. Youthful bust-length pose in academic robes. Porter was the president of Yale 1871-1886 and previously edited Webster's American Dictionary after the death of Chauncey Goodrich.

GLC06184

24 August 1835

Fannin, James Walker, Jr., 1804-1836

Autograph document signed

Title: [Agreement for sale of five slaves]

Fannin receives $2800 in payment from J. F. Perry for the purchase of five slaves "African Negroes": Billy, John, Joe, Peter, and Betcey.

GLC06186

1864

Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894

Book

Title: Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.

First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.

GLC06188

1862

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

Book

Title: Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels.

Published by George W. Childs. 458 pages of text followed by eight pages of advertisements. Contains a frontispiece engraved portrait of Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig. Brownlow writes, "I have prepared this work from the single stand-point of uncompromising devotion to the American Union as established by our fathers, and unmitigated hostility to the armed rebels who are seeking its destruction."

GLC06189

1858

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

Book

Title: Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne.

First edition. Published by J. B. Lippincott. Debate held in Philadelphia, September 1858. Contains a frontispiece engraving of Brownlow. 305 pages of text followed by six pages of advertisements.

GLC06190

1774

Woolman, John, 1720-1772

Book

Title: The works of... in two parts

Includes his Journal and his both parts of his essay "Some considerations on the keeping of negroes." A seminal work published in part I (1754) and part II (1762) on Christian objections to slavery. First edition printed by Joseph Crukshank. Evans 13787, Howes W-669'aa'.

GLC06191

1888

Wilson, Joseph T., 1826-1891

Book

Title: The black phalanx; a history of the negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812, 1861-1865.

Published by the American Publishing Company. States that Wilson, an African American, served in the 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers, and in the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteers. Includes text and illustrations related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Contains a photo of Wilson, located opposite to the title page. Wilson dedicates the book to commanders of African American troops, stating "If what I have written shall call to your minds, and present justly to the patriotic public, the indescribably hardships which you endured on the march…

GLC06192

26 November 1778

Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

Letter signed

Title: to William Alexander

Laurens, a Continental Congressman, informs General Alexander, Earl of Stirling, of a "packet" from Admiral Gambier (possibly James Gambier). States that the packet pertains to "Lieut. Hale & others who were Shipwrecked in a Vessel on the Jersey Shore said to have carried a flag in order to dispense Manifestos." Relates that though Gambier does not think the persons involved in the shipwreck should be detained, Congress has "a twofold reason for differing with him- These people have not only called, but, in every Instance where it might de done as they thought with impunity, treated us…

GLC06194

1859

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Print

Title: Lord Stirling at the Battle of Long Island

This hand colored steel engraving is printed by Virtue, Emmins and Co. of New York. Original painting by Alonzo Chappel, engraving by W. Ridgeway. Rich color probably not contemporary. Mounted on acidic card stock. Overall measure is 27.6 x 30.1 cm.

GLC06195

1945-1948

Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974

Header Record

Title: Archive of U.S. assistant Secretary of State [decimalized: .001-.284]

Hilldring served as a major general, Assistant Secretary of State, and first Director of the Civil Affairs Division within the Office of the Chief of Staff (U. S. military government in Europe and Japan). Includes U. S. government documents, signed photographs of MacArthur, Marshall, Patterson, Pershing, Arnold, Clay, Eisenhower, etc. Signed documents and letters, including many from Harry S. Truman, military artifacts, military awards. Personal effects, American flag, captured Korean flag. The five scrapbooks were taken apart in 1998, although clippings, photographs, etc. were not…

GLC06196

circa 1926

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Broadside

Title: For the Good of America

NAACP poster listing statistics regarding the 3,436 lynchings that occurred between 1889 and 1922. States "Do you know that the United States is the Only Land on Earth where people are burned at the stake?" Reports that 83 women have been lynched in the United States. Requests that donations are sent to Joel Elias Spingarn, NAACP Treasurer.

GLC06197

8 November 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Attesting the deceased Jonathan Horton served in the army]

Attests that doctor Jonathan Horton served in as a surgeon in the military, even though his name does not appear in hospital books or on rolls. States that his widow is therefore entitled to his pension, since he died of a "putrid fever while Officiating in the public service." Noted as "duplicate." Docket is on a piece of paper separated from the document.

GLC06199

1844

American Anti-Slavery Society

Pamphlet

Title: Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833.

Leaflet published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, printed by William S. Dorr. Concludes with "We charge upon the existing national government, that it is an insupportable despotism, wielded by a power which is superior to all legal and constitutional restraints- equally indisposed and unable to protect the lives or liberties of the people- the prop and safeguard of American Slavery." Includes a short list of anti-slavery newspapers.

GLC06200