February 2, 1865

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Josiah G. Holland]

Chief Justice Chase, former Secretary of the Treasury under President Lincoln, recalls that Lincoln's first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet on 22 September [1862] was preceded by his reading aloud a chapter from Artemus Ward. Writes that he is inclined to have Lincoln's remarks sent to to the recipient, "Nothing prevents save some doubt whether it can be properly done even in confidence. They do honor to him as a man, a patriot & a statesman - great honor." Letter is only addressed to "dear sir." Recipient inferred.

GLC06647

January 15, 1874

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Noyes

Replies to a request for a lecture on Abraham Lincoln's religion. Describes Lincoln as "a kind - tender & sympathetic man feeling deeply in the presence of suffering - pain - wrong or oppression in any shape: he was the very essence and substance of truth ..." States that in the 25 years he knew Lincoln, he never knew him to do a wrong thing. "I never knew so true a man - so good a one - so just a one - so uncorrupted and so uncorruptable a one." Remarks at the end that Lincoln was not a social man.

GLC06648.02

January 17, 1931

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to unknown

Letter advocating work on behalf of under-privileged children.

GLC06649.02

28 September 1899

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Document signed

Title: Authority to Affix seal of U.S. to letter to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria

GLC06649.05

9 July 1755

Braddock, Edward, fl. 1755

Manuscript document

Title: A List of the Officers who were present, and of those Killed and Wounded in the Action on the Banks of Monongahela the 9th Day of July 1755

From the expedition against Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. Reports that Major General Edward Braddock died of his wounds and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gage was slightly wounded. Mentions George Washington as participating officer.

GLC06650

January 1935

York, Alvin C., 1887-1964

Document signed

Title: VFW petition for payment adjusted compensation

Petition from the Veterans of Foreign Wars signed by approximately thirty veterans. Includes clipping and brief handwritten description.

GLC06651.01

4 March 1825

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Broadside

Title: [Inaugural address of John Quincy Adams]

President Adams inaugural address printed in an extra from the National Intelligencer, a Washington, D.C., newspaper.

GLC06661

15 November 1775 - 5 July 1778

Kemble, Stephen, 1740-1822

Header Record

Title: [Orderly books of American Loyalist]

Lieutenant Colonel Kemble, an American Loyalist related by marriage to Thomas Gage, served as chief of intelligence under William Howe and (briefly) Henry Clinton. He eventually gave up his position to Major John Andre. Locations include Boston, Halifax, New York, White Plains, and Philadelphia, among others. The books, kept in British Army headquarters, record information relating to the occupation of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, as well as the battles of White Plains and Monmouth, and the captures of Fort Washington and Lee. Kemble recorded not only copies of Howe's and Clinton's…

GLC06668

6 September 1780

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Duane

Hamilton, aide-de-camp to Washington, expresses his disgust with General Horatio Gates' disastrous defeat and consequent flight from the Battle of Camden, South Carolina on 16 August 1780. Gates retired in disgrace after Camden, but was cleared two years later by a Congressional inquiry.

GLC06671

16 March 1778

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown [in French]

Indicates that he will approve his correspondent's expenditures, but urges him not to spend too much. Notes that their will be a packet of letters for France in Boston for his correspondent to pick up before his journey, and another packet in eight days. Encourages his correspondent to return in July and see General Washington amidst all his achievements." Written while Lafayette was planning the ill-fated second invasion of Canada during the American Revolution.

GLC06676

23 June 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin McMasters Stanton

President Lincoln states that Judge William Darrah Kelley, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania, is attempting to raise African American regiments in Philadelphia. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that Milton [M. Herpert?] is a friend of Kelley and a Private in the 112th Regiment from Pennsylvania. States that Herpert wishes to serve as lieutenant of one of the African American regiments. Reports that if Kelley agrees of Herpert's appointment as lieutenant, Lincoln also approves. States that Herpert needs Stanton's approval to carry a letter to Kelley discussing this…

GLC06678

10 December 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Lincoln writes to Secretary of War Stanton concerning the promotion of Colonel Charles H. Tompkins to Brigadier General. The Rhode Island Delegation and General Horatio G. Wright called upon Lincoln to make the appointment, and brought a favorable recommendation from General John Sedgwick. He asks that the promotion be made unless Stanton has a valid objection.

GLC06679

24 November 1864

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Judge White

Discusses some confusion over Nathaniel Banks getting a cabinet post. States that President Lincoln said William Seward and Thurlow Weed never mentioned the subject. She remarks, "This all appears, as a strange dream, and if the information did not come from so eminently truthful a source, it could not be credited." Reports that Banks is to return immediately to the Department of the Gulf in New Orleans and that there is no chance of him getting a cabinet post. Remarks that they could have saved themselves much anxiety had they known this a few days ago. Written on mourning stationery for…

GLC06681

6 November 1824

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lord Holland

Introduces Mr. Lynch who can provide information on American public affairs and dispel British misconceptions about the Marquis de Lafayette's reception in America. Lafayette's triumphant tour of the United States raised concerns in England.

GLC06684

January 14, 1942

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Joseph Curran

President Roosevelt discusses "the discrimination against colored seamen, referred to in your telegram of January 2nd" with Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. States that he was previously informed that the discrimination had been eliminated by the action of the United States Maritime Commission. Discusses an Executive Order signed 25 June 1941, which instructed parties making contracts with the United States Government to include a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any worker because of race, creed, color, or national origin. Declares "…

GLC06686

1828-1889

Header Record

Title: Collection of twenty eight letters and documents by Texas patriots & politicians [Decimalized GLC06623.01-.28]

GLC06623

1835

Barnett, Thomas, 1798-1843

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Partial legal document in the case of Thomas W. Nibbs vs. J.N. Penningyon, et al]

The case concerned the return of unearned legal fees.

GLC06623.02

18 November 1834

Johnson, Francis W., 1799-1884

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account of Major Harman Runnell]

Lists expenses related to room, board, and clothing. A note at the bottom indicates that Johnson accepted payment.

GLC06623.12

1836

Header Record

Title: Collection of fifteen documents signed by eleven of the signers of 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence [Decimalized GLC06624.01-.15]

Most documents pertain to land or legal matters in Texas in the 1830s and 1840s.

GLC06624

July 1861- July 1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters between a Union soldier and family in New York and New Jersey [decimalized .01-.03]

Collection includes 48 letters and envelopes; also includes 4 photos and 124 envelopes with patriotic covers.

GLC06627

circa 1861-1865

Various

Header Record

Title: to Adolphus Crans [Decimalized .01- .22]

Collection includes 22 signed letters and envelopes.

GLC06627.02

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Album of patriotic covers and envelopes

Envelopes (patriotic covers) with various Union cartoons. Some unusual images.

GLC06627.03

circa 1861-1865

Alberger, William C., 1837-1925

Scrapbook

Title: [Collection of William C. Alberger, 49th regiment, New York, infantry] [word processed inventory available] [Decimalized .01- .08]

Collection features a bound scrapbook and various documents relating to the military and civilian life of William C. Alberger. An inventory exists for the documents separated from the scrapbook, which are housed in a folder with the scrapbook. These items may have once been in the scrapbook as well. The collection contains two broadsides discussing the recruitment of African American troops, two cards inviting Alberger to attend military dinners, and correspondence from Buffalo Sheriff R. H. Best to Alberger regarding suppression of city riots and attendance at an…

GLC06628

6 March 1865

William, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his brother

Discusses camp life and playing baseball.

GLC06630

February 23, 1866

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bradford R. Wood

Bryant, editor of the New York Evening Post, replies to a letter from Wood, former Representative from New York. Discusses Black suffrage: "I utterly detest the narrow principles of that party which denied equal rights to any of our fellow men on account of race. The right of suffrage is the due of the negro as well as of the white man... But it does not follow from this, that we may employ any means we choose in conferring this right." Regarding Black suffrage, advocates the opinions of Trumbull and Fessenden (probably Senators Lyman Trumbull and William Pitt Fessenden) as opposed to the…

GLC06631.01