1861 October

Photograph signed

Title: [William Farquhar Barry]

Carte de visite of the Union Chief of Artillery, 1/2 length portrait. Inscribed to Ms. Belle Riley." Barry served as Chief of Artillery from 1st Bull Run through the Peninsula Campaign.

GLC05918.01

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [McMillian, James W.]

Carte de visite, vignette bust portrait.

GLC05918.02

17 February 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Philip D. Roddey for his participation in the rebellion]

This document is a Presidential pardon in which President Andrew Johnson granted Philip D. Roddey a full pardon and amnesty from crimes committed during the rebellion. Roddey was nicknamed "the Swamp Fox of Tennessee." The pardon was countersigned by the Secretary of State William H. Seward and accompanied by a paper seal.

GLC05921

1864/01/20

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton re: parole of honor for Col. Basil K. Duke

Also stating that "Gen. Smith will be responsible that Col. Duke will faithfully keep his parole."

GLC05922.01

20 April 1890

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

Autograph document signed

Title: to Chaplain Charles Pierce

A copy of General orders No 77, dated 1 November 1, 1883, in which Sherman relinquished command of the Army of the United States. Deterioration affecting date and title at bottom. The original document was made in Washington, D.C., but the copy was created in New York, New York.

GLC05924

1866 circa

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph document

Title: An act donating public lands to the several state & territories, which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture & the mechanic arts

A copy of the Morril Land Grant act, granting public lands to individual states for the building of agricultural colleges, written by Robert E. Lee. The act, passed in 1862, offered states 30,000 acres of public land per Congressman from that state, to be used as an endowment to build agricultural and mechanical schools. Lee, who following the war became the President of Washington College (now Washington and Lee), was heavily engaged in trying to raise funds to rebuild education in the decimated South. In January of 1866 Lee met with the Committee on Education of the Virginia Legislature…

GLC05926

1838

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Pamphlet

Title: Speech... upon the right of people ... relating to the annexation of Texas

Full title: "Speech... upon the right of the people ... to petition; on the freedom of speech and of debate in the House of Representatives of the United States... relating to the annexation of Texas." Printed by Gales and Seaton.

GLC05934

1864

Swinton, William, 1833-1892

Pamphlet

Title: McClellan's military career reviewed and exposed ...

Title continues, " ...THE MILITARY POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION SET FORTH AND VINDICATED ." Criticizes General George B. McClellan, the Democratic nomination for president in the 1864 election. First edition. Published by the Union Congressional Committee. Printed by Lemuel Towers.

GLC05937

11 March 1850

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Pamphlet

Title: California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California.

Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Uncut. Argues for the admission of California into the Union (as a free state).

GLC05938

1880 ca.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Book

Title: Garfield and Arthur campaign songbook

Bright pink cover. Printed by the Republican Congressional Committee.

GLC05941

1856

Schade, Louis, fl. 1856

Pamphlet

Title: The Immigration into the United States of America

Disbound. Title continued: "From a statistical and national-economical point of view." Printed at the Union Office.

GLC05942

1792-1808

Book

Title: Selected pamplets... Duane's collection [bound in one volume]

Bound collection of nine pamphlets 1792-1808 [William Duane, publisher.] 6 printed at Philadelphia, 3 at Washington First edition with this title page.

GLC05945

23 February 1827

Royall, Anne Newport, fl. 1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Knapp

Novelist and travel writer Royall asks "Col. Knapp" to help her promote her novel, The Tennessean, which had been privately published in New Haven that year. His promotion would encourage the Boston house of Richardson & Lord to republish the work. She neglected to bring enough copies and suggests he borrow a copy either from Massachusetts Congressman Edward Everett or Mr. Watterson. Docketed. Address on verso of last page.

GLC05956

11 June 1776

Whipple, William, 1730-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to Meshech Weare]

Signed "W." by Whipple and "B", by fellow New Hampshire congressman Josiah Bartlett. Asks for New Hampshire's views on the question of independence and states that a committee is being formed for this purpose. Stresses the importance of this subject. Many cross-outs. Letter is written on the address leaf of a letter sent to Whipple in Congress at Philadelphia from Meshech Weare. Docketed "Col. Weare."

GLC05897

11 June 1781

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Letter signed

Title: to William Whipple

Discusses the state of financial affairs and the need for a national bank to stop depreciation of the currency and reduced powers of the government. Writes that he "must apply or support to Gentlemen of your Character and Zeal for the service of their Country." He asks him to subscribe to the bank, and to encourage his friends and fellow citizens to do likewise. "We shall have to appeal to the interests of mankind...."

GLC05898

May 1812

Header Record

Title: Five documents to John Langdon regarding his nomination as vice president [decimalized]

GLC05899

29 May 1812

Nicholson, Joseph H., 1770-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Langdon

Urges Langdon to accept the nomination for vice president, stating that his "services are necessary to the public weal. The Union must be consolidated by combining the strength of the Southern and Eastern States in the two highest offices of the Government." Praises Langdon and mentions the failed attempt to nominate Elbridge Gerry. Langdon declined the nomination.

GLC05899.04

1892

National Continental Union League

Typed document signed

Title: [Petition of National Continental Union League for union with Canada]

Petition calling for lawful, peaceful and honorable union between the United States and Canada. Says "The time has come when it is desirable that Europe should cease to direct or control the political or domestic affairs or any portion of this continent." Petition was the first act of organization of the National Continental Union League, founded in 1892 in New York and Toronto. The group devoted itself to raising funds to promote a constitutional union through the publication of pamphlets and aid to Canadian organizations and politicians in favor of union. The petition is signed in…

GLC05900

1785/09/27

United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles

Document signed

Title: Report of the Grand Committee of Congress respecting the debt of the U.S.

Lists foreign and domestic debt, assessment of each state. Numbered "no. 26" in ink.

GLC05901

1 May 1789

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel Freeman

An amusing and friendly letter to his former Harvard classmate. Discusses their correspondence. Also discusses the visit to town of two young women (Miss Charlotte Geyer and Miss Breck) who Adams wishes to meet "under the shade of an amorous myrtle." Mentions a magazine and publishing by Geyer and other women. Also comments on his legal education and his study habits: "I have no reason to boast of my industry...mere professional books should claim but a small part of a student's application." Asks for a subscription to the Herald of Freedom.

GLC05902

1910/12/06

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Robert Baker re: not fearing socialism

"But socialism does not alarm me at all, having implicit confidence in the disposition of the masses in general."

GLC05903

1 January 1809

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gray

Clay, a United States Senator from Kentucky, discusses the terms of hire for Newman, an ensalved man. Notes the terms of payment: Gray will hire Newman for one year for the price of $100. 1 black and white bust engraving of Henry Clay included.

GLC05904

18 April 1906

Moffit, Frank J., fl. 1906

Broadside

Title: Oakland enquirer. Extra 4:30. [8th edition (April 18, 1906)]

This document is a newspaper from the Oakland Enquirer that includes news regarding the San Francisco earthquake. Started in 1885 by Moffit, The Oakland enquirer continued the Independent Enquirer and was later continued in 1921 by the Oakland Daily Post and the Oakland Post Enquirer. Topic coverage for this newspaper includes earthquake damage reports and local news besides that.

GLC05905.01

26 April 1906

Lincke, M.W., 1895-1941

Newspaper

Title: The Graphic. [Vol. 12, no. 17 (April 26, 1906)]

This newspaper covers local news from Nashville, North Carolina including an article on the San Francisco earthquake. "Stall Lorain" inscribed on front page. Includes several articles on tobacco farming, the need for farm hands, bias against citylife, and other advertisments from local businesses.

GLC05905.02

12 September 1819

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major Dana

Former President Madison answers an inquiry regarding employment prospects in Virginia: "The motives you assign for your letter, among which is a sense of duty to your parents, are entitled to respect. But I cannot encourage you to seek a fulfilment of them in this quarter. The modes of husbandry here are very different from those to which you are accustomed; and the labour is generally preformed by negroes whom a stranger would not advantageously superintend. I can only wish you therefore a better prospect of success elsewhere." Madison possibly writes from Montpelier, his Virginia…

GLC05910