23 November 1769

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

Autograph letter

Title: to Thomas Gage

Re: Indian policy in the wake of mounting troubles on the frontier, fed by spanish and French agents

GLC08119.01

28 February 1798

Johnson, John, fl. 1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: Proposed sale of land

From exile in Canada, the loyalist son of Sir William writes on the proposed sale of land

GLC08119.02

02 July 1703

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Secretary Addington

Re: The Indian Conference at Casco, seeking allies in Queen Anne's War

GLC08121

18 October 1666

Manuscript document

Title: John Richbell and his wife sell...

[Long Island] John Richbell and his wife sell "all that neck or tract of land commonly called & known by the name of Horse Neck lying & being upon the sound on the North side...bounded to the West with Oyster Bay, to the East with [Huntington] Boro Harbour."

GLC08122

May 1765

Duche, Jacob, fl. 1765

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: "Amicus Pennsylvaniae"

"Amicus Pennsylvaniae." Manuscript of Duche's blank-verse history of the colony of Pennsyvania (published by Franklin & Hall, 1766), here entitled "an attempt (by way of amusement) to sketch out some of the particulars." Content includs William Penn's Virtues and Braddock's Defeat.

GLC08123

17 October 1785

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Glen

Arranging a shipment of supplies to the Six Nations, complying with the Treaty of 1792

GLC08124

26 March 1803

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Newspaper

Title: to William Marbury

Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court's landmark decision on "Mandamus": establishing judicial review. Printed in New-York Herald

GLC08125

29 October 1778

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph manuscript

Title: to Elbridge Gerry

Draft of Genet's letter to Adams planning to ask French to reinforce D'Estaing, copied by Adams and sent to Elbridge Gerry

GLC08126

23 August 1818

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Mulligan

Re: New edition of the Federalist, which will be esteemed "as long as our national constitution and the language in which it is written shall endure. I mean not by this however to approve everything in it." Also to Jacob Gibson

GLC08127

30 July 1864

Broadside

Title: To the citizens of Macon...

"To the citizens of Macon...the enemy is now in sight of your houses. We lack force. I appeal to every man, citizen or refugee, who has a gun of any kind, or can get one, to report at the court house with the least possible delay.""

GLC08128

07 September 1793

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: to Vice Consul Moissonier

[Re: Genet Affair] Warning French Vice consul about violation of American neutrality, by trying to raise Naval forces in America.

GLC08130

30 November 1804

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Oldham

Re: avoidance of involvement in other's quarrels: "I generally presume them to flow from the indulgences of too much passion of both sides" (this dispute about contractor for Monticello Greenhouse).

GLC08131

circa 1876-1880

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Header Record

Title: [Letters belonging to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, 1876-1880][Decimalized .01-.22]

Collection of letters belonging to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick dated 1876-1880. Consists of 21 items sent primarily to Luisa Kilpatrick and William T. Sherman. Recounts events of the campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea and other Civil War historical figures including Ulysses S. Grant. Majority of letters pertain to Kilpatrick's attempt to be appointed to the Ministry of Chile and other political aspirations.

GLC08133

1861-1865

Smyser, G. H., fl. 1860

Engraving

Title: [Depiction of Lincoln and family]

Depicts Lincoln with his wife Mary Todd and sons Robert Todd, William Wallace, and Thomas Lincoln circa 1860. Lincoln reads to Thomas, the youngest. Mary and their other two sons are seated around a dining room table. Contains an obviously false copyright date of 1808. Mounted on yellow backing.

GLC08879.03

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Sculpture designs: 4 standing figures, 1 female and 3 male]

Two of the sketches are probably of George Washington. Black ink, tracing paper.

GLC06343.033

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Standing man in profile with out-stretched arm]

Probably George Washington. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.034

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Standing man facing front with out-stretched arm]

Probably George Washington. Pale graphite.

GLC06343.035

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Standing man with crossed arms]

Probably Washington. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.036

circa 1900

Wells, Cora E., fl. 1900

Typed document

Title: J. Q. A Ward, the Eminent American Sculptor

Features an article on Ward and his works and, photos of Ward, the New York Stock Exchange pediment, and a George Washington sculpture at Wall St. Printed ink; coated wove paper.

GLC06343.037

24 September 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Introduction for Edward Everett ]

Of Everett, President Lincoln states "His reputation, and the present condition of our country, are such that his visit then is such to attract notice, and may be misconstrued. I therefore think fit to say that he bears no mission from this government ... I am greatly conscious that he could better introduce me than I him, in Europe."

GLC08074

6 October 1794

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Clark

Declines to take Major Clark on as an aide during the Whiskey Rebellion. Comments: "Nothing short of imperious necessity can justify my being absent from the seat of government while Congress is in session."

GLC08075

4 April 1794

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend "to keep this Country in a state of disquietude with the Indian nations; and also to alter the boundary between them and us, if, by any means, they can effect it." As a consequence of that belief, Washington reiterates his instructions to maintain good relations with the Six Nations and to "Buy Captn. [Joseph] B_t [Brant] off at almost any price…

GLC08076

08 November 1777

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: To: John Mckinley

Appealing for provisions, including shoes . For troops soon to be at Valley Forge. (To the president of Delaware).

GLC08078

January 1, 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to James Kirke Paulding

Vowing to destroy second bank of the United States.

GLC08083

24 June 1837

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin P. Butler.

To the Attorney General; blaming the banks for the Panic of 1837: "The connection of banks with the government I have considered more dangerous to liberty than the union of church and state."

GLC08084