1862/10/03

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: The President, General McClellan and suite on... Antietam [by Gardner]

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1903/06/15

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to William P. Frye re: reinstating Dickey against principles of good government

"If I have stood for anything it has been for honesty in public life, and it would be a shameless betrayal of every principle of good government to reinstate [Senator] Dickey...."

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1907

Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977

Photograph

Title: "T. Roosevelt at his desk."

Title from verso. Stamp of George Grantham Bain on reverse.

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1961

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Broadside

Title: The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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1942

War Manpower Commission

Poster

Title: United We Win

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December 1947

Committee on Civil Rights

Pamphlet

Title: To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights

Final report of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights. The report identifies race discrimination in virtually every area of American life such as education, employment, voting, and military service. Recommendations include: to establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission, Joint Congressional Committee on Civil Rights, and a Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice; to develop federal protection from lynching; a permanent fair employment practice commission; and to abolish poll taxes.

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May 25, 1779

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Lawrence

No Free Frank. Encloses a Congressional resolution (not included) to advance $150,000 to Laurence's state of Connecticut.

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October 7, 1779

Ten Broeck, Abraham, 1734-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Clinton

Written by Ten Broeck as a Brigadier General of Albany County militiamen to New York Governor Clinton. References Clinton's letter of 4 October 1779 and thanks him for its enclosures. Says he has consulted with Colonel Klock and that he has sent out brigade orders which he is enclosing for Clinton (not included here). Paper has a watermark. Ten Broeck was a well-known colonial figure associated with the Livingston family who emerged as an important New York revolutionary, taking part in the Provincial Congress and serving as a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention.

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March 24, 1780

Rogers, Daniel Denison, 1751-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Martha Rogers

To his sister, whom he calls Patty, a common nickname at the time for Martha. Comments on her impending marriage, his own bachelorhood, and shirts she has sewn for him. Roger's wife, Abigail Bromfield, was the subject of a famous painting by John Singleton Copley. (check dates for both people)

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February 8, 1865

Unknown

Autograph letter

Title: to his mother

An officer named "Rob," writing to his mother. Says his most recent duty as "Brigade Field officer of the Day" kept him up all night. He was in charge of a long line of pickets and several scouting parties. Says "The troops in our part were negroes, & during Sat evening they made very peculiar demonstrations." Says he is inexperienced with infantry duty and had no orders about firing because of the tacit truce between pickets in this quarter. It seems like he gave orders to fire despite the truce and stayed up with his scouts all night. Says it was thrilling and that his actions were…

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May 14, 1782

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Irvine

Written to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland. Discusses letters received and sent. Informs him that he has finally been able to purchase a promotion and is now a captain in the 57th Regiment. States the price he paid was astonishing but he would not have gotten another chance and would have been a subaltern for years. He paid 2300 pounds and had to do the transaction quietly because there were many older lieutenants in the army who would have given more. He considers himself lucky given his short time in the army. Gives love to family and friends. Post script states he sent the letter…

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August 3, 1782

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Irvine

Writes to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland. Discusses the mail and that he usually expects to receive letters on the arriving packet boats. States that sending something by private conveyance is certain to not arrive. Mentions his promotion to captain and comments that his rise in ranks was more rapid than he ever could have hoped. Thanks him profusely for helping him financially. Asks for information on family and friends and gives his love. Charles Irvine was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War.

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October 28, 1782

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Irvine

Writes to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland that he is well and they expect to stay on Staten Island for the winter. He had previously mentioned that the regiment might be sent to the West Indies but that is no longer probable. Some regiments may be sent next spring. Mentions the match between their sister Bell and a Mr. Allan. Comments that he is living quite frugally. Asks him to have Mr. Moir update him on his financial affairs of which he is ignorant at present. Gives love to family and friends. Charles Irvine was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War.

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December 17, 1782

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Irvine

Writes to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland that his regiment has moved from Staten Island to York Island and have been there a month. He is very comfortable. Regrets that Balfour (a soldier returning home who delivered his last letter) could not visit Alexander. Reports that three of the regiment captains' are prisoners, one at Halifax, and the others at home. He and one other captain remain with the regiment but the duties are easier than on Staten Island where they had many detachments. Fears he may miss getting this letter to the packet boat. Anticipates news from Gibraltar. If the…

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April 24, 1777

Goevansson, Andrew, fl. 1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Hancock

States that he received forged a letter which he believed was from Hancock last night authorizing him to join in matrimony Lawrence Wilson and Jane Bevan. He states he performed the act believing the note to be genuine. Asks what he should do when pressed to marry soldiers in the Continental service who do not have enough time to get a legal license. Asks if he can be empowered within limitations to perform marriages without a license from the government. Informs that this letter will be delivered by Mr. [Allcock?] who has an application to be married and is in the same position.…

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May 7, 1778

McArthur, Alexander, fl. 1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elias Boudinot

Addressed to Boudinot as Commissary General of Prisoners. Requests to be exchanged as a prisoner of war because he was wounded at Fort Montgomery and is not well. He asks to be paroled or exchanged to go to Dutchess County so he may heal. He informs Boudinot that his rank is Second Lieutenant in Captain James Stewart's company, Colonel Lewis Du Bois's Regiment, fifth regiment of the state of New York.

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April 12, 1781

McMichael, Edward, fl. 1781

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Thomas] Ward

Written by McMichael as a Loyalist Captain in the British Army. As a lieutenant in the Continental Army he deserted from his post at Fort Schuyler in August 1776 to join the British. McMichael was taken prisoner out of a flag of truce at Elizabethtown, probably on 9 April 1781. Lieutenant Samuel Seely of the New Jersey militia was then sent behind British lines, probably to work out a prisoner exchange. McMichael then received the "disagreeable news" that Seely was detained by Ward on the armed sloop the "Neptune," which was in New York Harbor. Says Seely was doing work for him and that he…

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February 27, 1777

Dalton, Tristram, 1738-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Samuel White

Addressed to Dear Brother White in Boston. Requests that if White knows the two ladies to whom the enclosed is directed to, please deliver it to them. Gives his love. Missing three areas of the page where stamps were ripped off. Dalton was a US Senator and businessman from Massachusetts.

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July 11, 1777

Scott, Walter, 1729-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Spottswood

Requests that Spottswood dispatch the reports on the commissions for Captain Hays' creditors. States that unless they are returned soon there is a chance there might be sufferers. Scott was a solicitor (lawyer) and was possibly the father of Walter Scott, the poet and novelist from Edinburgh.

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April 25, 1777

Beardsley, Nehemiah, fl. 1775-1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Cooke

Two sets of orders on one page. First orders are to Joseph Platt Cooke and a colonel [name illegible] to muster the regiment immediately as the enemy is near Compo Hill, Connecticut. Instructs to march day and night and bring all the ammunition they can gather. Signed by G. S. Sele[missing text], Brigadier General. The second set of orders are to Captain Dan Town[missing text] from Beardsley who signed as Major. Beardsley states that he has received the above information and orders the companies in New Fairfield, Connecticut to march immediately. Content refers to the British attack on…

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February 5, 1776

Easton, James, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Schuyler

Informs that he is sending a list of the officers who served in his regiment and requests that Schuyler send them their commissions. Schuyler was a Revolutionary War general and a delegate to the Continental Congress.

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February 28, 1780

Prescott, Oliver, 1731-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Prescott signed as Major General, Massachusetts militia. Informs that he is enclosing a return of the militia officers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, which he just received. He has not gotten the return from Worcester County, Massachusetts yet.

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June 16, 1780

Campbell, Patrick, fl. 1780

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Duncan Campbell

Informs that the bills for 700 pounds that he was so concerned about have been brought in from the rebels by a friend who was also a prisoner. States that being a prisoner has gotten the better of him but the Commander in Chief has intimated to him that he may be able to purchase a recently vacated commission of Major. Thanks his father for the money and says he has saved 400 pounds and expects to be able to pay him back in less than two years. Pat Campbell was a soldier in the British army.

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December 5, 1776

Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Asa Waterman

Replies to an undated letter from Waterman written on the same page. In the earlier letter Waterman informs Trumbull that Captain Lyon has refused to deliver some hides stating that a man offered him $40 to ship them to Norwich as soon as possible. Asks Waterman what he should do as he has an opportunity to sell them. Trumbull replies on the bottom half of the page advising Waterman to demand the hides from Lyon in his name, and to apply to the authority of General David Wooster for aid if necessary.

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November 22, 1778

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

Letter signed

Title: to Ezra Badlam

Written by Major General Putnam as commanded Continental forces near Redding, Connecticut to Lieutenant Colonel Badlam as commander of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. Orders Badlam to take his regiment to New Hartford, Connecticut or wherever General Enoch Poor is, to relieve him from oversight of the Convention troops. Those troops were British prisoners of war from the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Wants Badlam to take the Convention troops to Fish Kill Landing. Recommends taking only provisions and no baggage. Says Poor will provide further directions. Struck out on a blank page is amounts of…

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