1812/06/24-26

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Rush re: economic policy, declaration of war

"The prudence of an individual is the policy of a nation. Self preservation is the first law of nature to both...France, under Washington's administration, had in defiance of all laws human and divine, plundered our commerce in every sin in Europe and the West Indies...a plan was laid...which looked forward with a prudent foresight to the defence and preservation of the country...who destroyed this system? The Congress of the Nineteeth Century who by repealing the taxes, have emptied their treasury? Who by mud docking my navy have disarmed themselves at sea?...June 26. War! War! War! Sure…

GLC07306

1798/11/24

Henderson, Ann, fl. 1798

Manuscript document

Title: Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)

Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC07311

26 May 1862

Tod, David, 1805-1868

Broadside

Title: Telegraphic Dispatch!

Signed in print by "D. Todd, Governor." This is a mispelling of Ohio Governor David Tod's name. Tod, in this recruiting broadside, asks for "A force of 200 men and [to] send them as fast as raised to Camp Chase" to help defend Washington. Below Tod's call is a note telling the citzens of Ashtabula, Ohio that a meeting is being organized to raise a volunteer force in accordance with the governor's request. Signed in print by H.E. Parsons of the District Military Command and E.R. Williams of the County Military Command.

GLC07312

24 May 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Ezekiel D. Dyer for fraud].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Dyer was convicted in December, 1859, and sentenced to the jail at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He remained in prison after completing his sentence because he was unable to pay his fine. He was pardoned at the request of Massachusetts politicians, Senator Henry Wilson, and representatives Alexander H. Rice, Charles R. Train, and H. L. Dawes. B. F. Hallett also requested Dyer's pardon.

GLC07314

15 December 1911

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth]

Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon. Countersigned by George W. Wickersham, Attorney General.

GLC07318

1815-1830

Stanford, John, fl. 1798-1813

Header Record

Title: Collection of prayer and sermon notes

GLC07299

1788/02/27

Bacon, John, 1738-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: people's perspective of the Constitution

"When we begin to practice on a constitution like that which is now before us, we should have men in the administration, who, from principle and habit, are firmly attached to the liberties of the people and the rights of the particular states... I am not able to determine what proportion of the people in this country are in favor of the Constitution." Docketed by Gerry.

GLC07300

1952

Mays, David John, fl. 1952

Header Record

Title: Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803); A biography by David John Mays

Printed by Harvard University Press.

GLC07302.01

1863/09/04

Gilmore, Quincy A., fl. 1863

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Endorsement on back of G.B. Brooks ALS re: idea of a "boat infantry"

Endorsement on T.B. (or G.B.) Brooks letter, with manuscript proposal entitled "Boat Infantry," a mobile attack force. Gilmore refers the proposal to a Board of Approval. The proposal may be response to the carnage the attack on Fort Wagner. (Water damage)

GLC07303

1861/08/15

Various

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: sight of secession flag over Marshall House in Annapolis, with photograph

Letter written by a private in the 13th NY volunteers, alluding to the circumstances of the death of Col. Elmer Ellsworth. "We begged for permission to land, to tear form that house that hated emblem of 'traitors', had we been permitted to land, doubt not but the life of Col. Ellsworth might have been saved..." Also mentions Baltimore riots and getting his uniform at Brooks Brothers. Accompanied by an oval photograph of Tomes in uniform.

GLC07304

1792/05/08

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: An Act relative to the Compensations to Certain officers [duties]

Printed document signed. "An act of relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in the collections of the duties of import and tonnage." Outlining "allowances" to be paid to tax collectors of various areas

GLC07305

10 April 1865

Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883

Document

Title: [Farewell address to 2nd Army Corps]

One day after Lee's surrender, General Humphreys issues a circular letter congratulating his men on having "done your full share in the Grand Closing scene." Issued as major general commanding; verified as official by Adjutant General Daniel Hart. Lists their achievements including pursuing General Robert E. Lee's army while they were in retreat toward the end of the war, the capture of prisoners, ammunitions, and supplies, and their victorious efforts at Petersburg. Thanks individual officers. On verso, additionally confirmed as official by another aid with his pencil signature.

GLC07307

6 January 1864

Couthouy, Joseph Pitty, 1808-1864

Letter signed

Title: to David Dixon Porter

Couthouy, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant commanding the U.S.S. Chillicothe, expresses his mortification at seeing the U.S.S. Osage, a ship formerly under his command, listed as having failed to comply with General Order No. 31, which required monthly reports of contrabands. Informs Navy Rear Admiral Porter that no list of contrabands was sent after August 1863 because Couthouy had been "instructed that freed blacks, regularly enlisting in the Naval Service of the United States, ceased thereupon, to be regarded as 'Contrabands.'" States that Lieutenant Commander Frank M. Ramsay, Commanding the…

GLC07308

3 January 1866

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John A. Andrew

Writes to the Governor of Massachusetts that he believes Massachusetts did its share in the Civil War. "The physical battle has been fought and a new one of ideas has begun. In this your state is preeminently gratified to take a leading part ... during the war I was constantly with Massachusetts men who are imminently practical, moral and useful citizens ... " Assures Andrew that he will do whatever is in his authority to protect Massachusetts citizens.

GLC07309

1842/03/24

Hatchett, Samuel, fl. 1842

Manuscript document signed

Title: Cherokee Indian "Spoilatia" claim against U.S. Goverment (signed with cross)

Claim for of $125.25 written after Winfield Scott and troops confiscated his property during the "Trail of Tears." Signed by Hatchchett with his mark, a cross ("+").

GLC07310

22 August 1862-21 June 1865

Gihon, J. L., fl. 1862-1865

Photograph album

Title: Battery "G" Penna. Vols. Aug. 22, 1862. June 21, 1865.

Oval albumen prints of members of the Battery G, Pennsylvania Volunteers bound in an album. All unidentified group photos, one is of members of the band. Leather cover is severely deteriorated with red rot.

GLC07315

1861 ca.

Photograph

Title: [1st Lieutenant James J. Lowell]

Oval photograph of Lowell, a 1st Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers. Shown in full-length in dress coat on crutches.

GLC07316

17 March 1909

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Chinn

Written on Department of Justice stationery. Orders Chinn to go to the Gazette Office the following day and obtain fifteen copies for which Mosby previously paid. Declares, "I have no objection to anybody knowing that I am the author but I made the piece anonymous because I disliked the publicity of being in a controversy with such a creature as Binns, & (2) I thought it wd be more effective if I wrote in the third person... Two hundred years from now Binns will be riding around Fairfax begging somebody to kill him... Hereafter Binns should be known as the Wandering Jew. The brand of…

GLC07347

1864 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph signed

Title: Self-portrait of Alexander Gardner

Carte de visite portrait, full-length seated self-portrait. Imprint on verso.

GLC07348

20 February 1841

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin P. McNeil

New Hampshire Senator Pierce writes to his nephew in Boston, Massachusetts, to offer him congratulations on his acceptance at West Point. Advises him that "this will be that period when your character will receive the stamp and impress that will probably go with it thro' life." Encloses for his edification a copy of a letter of support and encouragement (not included here) that he has written to "the only son of the late Jas. B. Thornton," an orphan. Docketed.

GLC07352

3 July 1852

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Adams

Thanks Adams, possibly an underground railroad conductor, for the invitation to Independence Day events at Fall River, Massachusetts, but cannot make it. Sends his sentiments instead which he calls trite but necessary. "Defenders of the Constitution, let us not forget the principles of the Declaration; but for the equal support of both, in the spirit of our fathers, without compromise & with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, let us mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes & our sacred honor." Addressed to Robert Adams as Chairman.

GLC07356.01

10 May 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George Ward]

Ward was convicted of highway robbery; the jurors petitioned Lincoln for Ward's pardon.

GLC07361

11 April 1862

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Letter signed

Title: to C. L. Pascal

Written by Brigadier General Meigs as Quartermaster General of the Army. References Pascal's letter of 6 April 1862 that enclosed illustrations of his plan for sinking the CSS "Merrimac." Says they have been referred to the Secretary of the Navy. Written on letterhead of the Quartermaster General's Office. File includes a small (5.1 x 4.1 cm.) engraving of Meigs's head.

GLC07363

1900/11/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Houston re: information to be used in biography of Gov. John Letcher

Written in blue ink. (Water damage.)

GLC07346

19 September 1861

Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866

Broadside

Title: Proclamation to the People of Western Missouri, Now Occupied by the Kansas Brigade

Proclamation signed in print by Brigadier General Lane, who was also a U.S. Senator from Kansas (1861-1866). Proclamation was written by T.J. Anderson, Lieutenant of Engineers and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Proclamation written in response to a group of Kansasans who armed and organized themselves. Lane says if they have simply armed to defend their property, then a quick understanding can be found. Says his unit was formed to protect Kansas from the rebels, not attack the worried property owners. Urges the population to put down arms and support the Union. Says "Should you,…

GLC07349