1875/06/15

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas F. Pinckney

Comments on the present difficulties faced by engineers, but sees better times ahead. Says that Texas has "a big and a bright future, far more promising than any other southern State." Claims the state now needs more laborers to reorganize the society and the economy for future growth.

GLC02359

12 May [1864]

Tompkins, Charles, fl. 1864

Note signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Battle note, on scrap of paper, asking for cohorns (mortars). Year inferred based on date. Location was probably the Spotsylvania campaign.

GLC02382.027

1832/05/06

Redding, Ebenezer H., fl. 1829-1832

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for $1.00 from Corn. Williams]

Redding attests to his receipt of payment from Corn. Williams. The docket identifies it as a "Bill on Estate," although it was not indicated what the payment was for. Redding was possibly Ebenezer Redding of Washington County, Maine, who lived from 1782-1838.

GLC01450.724.04

1865/05/20

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [James Buchanan]

Brady carte de visite, signed and dated on the mount by Buchanan.

GLC01453

1890 ca.

Parker, Charles W., fl. 1889-1890

Photograph signed

Title: [Benjamin Harrison]

Cabinet photograph of President Harrison. Part of a matching set, one with his wife's image. Image by Charles Parker of Washington.

GLC01456.01

1974/11/20

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Typed document signed

Title: Gerald Ford's Remarks in Japan

Signed in blue felt-tip marker on page 6. The speech discusses the state of American-Japanese relations. Speech given as the first American President to visit Japan. Tucked into a gilt stamped leather valise with yellow moiré tabs, said to have been the official presentation binder.

GLC01474

1717/08/25

George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727

Document signed

Title: [Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Captain]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Captain in the Regiment of Colonel Richard Phillips Esq. Signed by Secretary of War R. Arnold. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Signed by J. Addison below the phrase "by His Majesties Command." Features a dark blue paper seal. Written at Hampton Court.

GLC01450.441

1762/04/07

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Document signed

Title: Orders payment to Moses Franks for troop supplies against the Cherokee Indians on the Frontiers of Virginia .

Franks was a prominent Jewish merchant.

GLC01450.507

1755/02/26

Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794

Autograph document

Title: An Act for making provisions for the subsistence of his Majesty's Forces during their march through this colony and for providingcarriages for transporting their baggage

The act provided for subsistence and transport for British forces. It is in Clark's hand, with signatures by J. Betcher (Governor) and others. Second page is docketed on verso on the same date as creation. Both pages are bound at the top by a red ribbon that remains intact.

GLC01450.524

1778/04/01

Page, Samuel, 1753-1814

Manuscript

Title: Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Pages Company of Massachusetts Bay Regiment of Foot in the Service of the United States Commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper all engaged for the term of three years Taken for the month of March

Lists officers and soldiers under the command of Captain Samuel Page as a part of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment stationed at Valley Forge as of April 7, 1778. The 11th Massachusetts was a par of Patterson's Brigade. Four Sergeants, Three "Corprels", Twenty-Seven Privates, and One Drum & Fife Boy are listed. The document is signed by Captain Samuel Page and Lieutenant John Foster and dated to April 7, 1778. The document is docketed on verso. Notes are made in a separate column concerning the specific assignments of each soldier in the Company.

GLC01450.529

1773/03/08

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of William Lacey to ensign]

Appointed ensign in the corps commanded by Charles O'Hara, lieutenant colonel commandant. Ordered by the Court of St. James and authorized by King George III. Entered with the Secretary of War Matt Lewis in the office of Thomas Gore, commissary general of musters. With three tax stamps.

GLC01450.532

1761/04/08

Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779

Broadside

Title: Francis Bernard, Esq.; Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England, and Vice-Admiral of the same. A Proclamation for a general Fast.

A proclamation in the name of Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, which announces a day of fasting during the French & Indian War. The top of the document is marked with a printed Royal engraving that contains the notation "Dieu et Mondroit", meaning 'God and my right'. The engraving recognizes King George III and his divine right. The document was printed in Boston by John Draper. On verso there is a handwriten note "Fast April 22, 1761" in the upper right corner.

GLC01450.534

1771/07/27

Prevost, Augustine, 1744-1821

Document signed

Title: [Bond signed by British officer]

Countersigned by Jonathan Cowdney and Cary Ludlow. Certifies that Prevost will pay to Anne Devisme of Paramus New Jersey, 273 pounds, 5 shilling and 6 pence. Autograph note on second page signed by Anne De Visme and dated 12 November 1792 states that she received of Prevost 260 pounds, 19 shillings by the hands of Aaron Burr. Document states that Prevost is of the 60th Regiment (in the British army).

GLC01450.622.01

1783/11/12

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Autograph document signed

Title: to Colonel Fowler

Carrington, the treasurer of the recently formed Society of Cincinnati of Virginia, certifies that two officers have paid membership dues of one month's pay. The interest from the dues went to Cincinnati and their families who were in financial distress. Accompanied by a print of Carrington. 2 items

GLC01450.627.02

1760/03/31

Delancey, James, 1703-1760

Document signed

Title: to James Clinton, re: enlisting troops to attack Canada

Signed as Lieutenant Gov. of New York.

GLC01450.653

1842/11/12

Chamber, John, fl. 1842

Document signed

Title: to Barton J. David re: accounting for flour to Iowa Indians

Governor of Iowa and Indian agent. Signed as Superintendent of Indian Affairs

GLC01450.715

1815/01/16

Morton, Nathaniel, fl. 1815

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for duty paid for a carriage]

Certifies that Lemuel Dunbar paid the yearly duty of one dollar for a two wheeled Chaise carriage. Printed with blanks filled in by hand. Identifies Morton as the collector of revenue for th e 14th collection district of Massachusetts.

GLC01450.718.05

1816/05/25

Silver, Isaiah, fl. 1816

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for apprehending and holding deserters]

Also signed by Justice of the Peace Dan Humphreys and a lieutenant colonel of the commissary, possibly T.B. Dalbach (partially illegible). Lists expenses owed to Silver pertaining to the apprehension of Richard Galusha and Robert Jackson, who deserted Captain A.W. Thorton's company in the regiment of light artillery. A statement of the returns accuracy appears on the bottom of the first page (signed by Humphreys). An order to pay Silver and acknowledgment of payment appears on the verso.

GLC01450.718.06

1814/11/01

Tithon, James J., fl. 1814

Autograph document signed

Title: [Resolution authorizing the purchase of guns]

Resolution made by the House of Assembly (unnamed state) requesting that the governor purchase two hundred rifles and two artillery pieces for the state militia during the War of 1812. Appropriates funds for the purchase. The order was made by someone named James (last name illegible). Tithon (possibly not the correct spelling of his name) was the clerk.

GLC01450.718.10

February 12, 1815

Mande, J., fl. 1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winfield Scott

Mande asks General Winfield Scott to supply his ship with supplies to enable its return to England. Letter written aboard the British ship "Favorite" commanded by Captain Mande which carried the Treaty of Ghent notifying America of peace in the War of 1812.

GLC01450.722

1784 circa

Pico, Joshua, fl. 1760-1790

Object

Title: [Liquor merchant's trunk]

Belonged to Joshua Pico, a liquor merchant from Boston. Wooden chest with two handles, metal edges, and a lock on the lid. The key is missing so the lock is stuffed with paper to prevent locking. Interior has separated compartments for six large glass liquor bottles with glass toppers, six smaller bottles with glass toppers, and a removable section with two tumblers, two small liquor glasses, and a shot glass. All glass items are decorated with a gold floral pattern. Pico's license to sell liquor in Boston is pasted to the bottom of the removable compartment. It is dated 21 December…

GLC01450.911

1932/02/25

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

Document signed

Title: Pardon-related: Respite of execution for Benjamin Gordon

Signed as New York State governor. Gordon was a murder convict.

GLC01457

1866/04/02 after

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Broadside

Title: A Proclamation: Declaring the insurrection at an end in certain states

Printed on blue paper. Reconstruction related.

GLC02037

1808/03/21

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

Printed document signed

Title: to The Port Collector of Gloucester, Massachusetts

Circular letter from the Treasury Department giving guidelines for conforming to the Embargo Act of 1807. A sample form for port collectors appears on the verso. Gallatin was then secretary of the treasury.

GLC02050.01

1858/05/02

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William M. Burnell

Explains his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., and recommends caution in regard to the Ynipani treaty. Indicates that "they will try to represent us as in sympathy with the British.

GLC02071