4 January 1874

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890

Letter

Title: to C[harles]. L[afayette]. MacArthur

Thanks him for a copy of the second series of the Breitmann Ballads since his copy keeps getting stolen. The "Hiram Irvines are largely on the increase just now, and I fear the party has not the right kind of men at the front to lead them off." Feels it is possible that Congress will enact a workable monetary policy: "what is really needed, next to the resumption of specie payments, is a currency, that will at all times adapt itself to the business wants of the country." Written as Secretary of the Treasury.

GLC03224

01 March 1777

Faden, William, fl. 1750-1836

Map

Title: A topographical map of the North[er]n part of New York Island, Exhibiting the Plan of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, With the Rebels Lines to the Southward, which were Forced by the Troops under the Command of the Rt. Hon[ora]ble Earl Percy...

Title continues: "on the 16th Nov[embe]r 1776, and Survey'd immediately after by order of his Lordship by Claude Joseph Sauthier. To which is added the Attack made to the North by the Hessians. Survey'd by Order of Lieut[enan]t Gen[era]l Knyphansen." Shows Fort Washington in northern Manhattan. Published "as the Act directs" in London on March 1, 1777, by permission of the Comissioners of Trade and Plantations. Hudson River and troop movements are hand colored. Kenneth Nebenzahl's "Battle Plans of the American Revolution" page 116 notes two later states.

GLC03237

[ 06 December 1864 ]

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph manuscript

Title: Speech fragment of annual address to Congress re: reconstruction in Louisiana

One page from his State of the Union address, printed in full, Basler 8: 136-153. This fragment, mentioning reconstruction of Louisiana and Arkansas, appears on p. 148. Written in larger than normal handwriting to help Lincoln read it. With John D. Defrees autograph endorsement (docket) on verso certifying its authenticity. GLC 5805 is the following page.

GLC03252

31 July 1800

McHenry, James, 1753-1816

Autograph letter

Title: to Charles C. Pinckney re: (retained draft) Federalist party factionalism

Written two months after President Adams demanded his resignation as Secretary of War. Curiously, McHenry writes his belief that (due to Adams' refusal to go to war with France) he had formed a coaltion with Jefferson.

GLC03254

circa 1936

Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977

Photograph signed

Title: [Roosevelt and his cabinet]

Pictured sitting at a board table. Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, President; John N. Gardner, Vice President; Homer Cummings, Attorney General; James A. Farley , Postmaster General; Cordell Hull, Secretary of State; Henry H. Woodring, Secretary of War; Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce; Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Claude Swanson, Secretary of the Navy; and Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury.

GLC03259

12 August 1866

Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George W. Wright

Apologizes for lapse in correspondence due to recent traveling through Pennsylvania. Discusses Pennsylvania's hot sulphur springs and compares them to those in California. Thanks Mrs. Wright for her dinner invitation and will be sure to dine with the Wrights once he returns to Washington. Sutter was a pioneer of California who was ruined by the famous discovery of gold at his mill in 1848. Wright was a businessman, inventor, and U.S. representative from California.

GLC03262

12 May 1860

Andrews, J. D., fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Writes about various political matters. Discusses the nominations for the election of 1860. States that the "extreme men" of the Republican party will push the nomination of William Seward but says, "If we take Seward, we have the sectional strife, negro equality, and defeat." Writes "The South is coming together - [Stephen] Douglas will not be nominated but may even stump, if his friends have their own way." Francis P. Blair was a journalist and politician. As editor of various newspapers, he exerted influence over Jackson, Polk, and Van Buren. He later campaigned for and advised Lincoln…

GLC03209.03

February 13, 1833

Austin, Arthur W.,1807-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Worries that a Mr. Case who "cannot be trusted" and is a pawn of Nat Greene's will soon become the Post Master in Lowell, Massachusetts. Asks Blair to use any influence he has to try to instead get Mr. Weston appointed to this "important" position. Note on verso of address leaf saying that Weston will call on Blair soon.

GLC03209.04

10 December 1862

Blair, Francis Preston, Jr., 1821-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Informs his father that he is leaving for Helena tonight to meet up with his command. Discusses the disposition of his property in case he is killed in battle. Provides for his wife and children. States, "I do not look forward with any despondency or apprehension but simply suggest what I think will not be disagreeable to you & will be some consolation to me."

GLC03209.06

1834/08/17

Cleveland, Jesse, fl. 1831-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Asks Blair to draft a resolution against the Bank of the United States, which he will show to his state legislature in Georgia. Objects specifically to foreign investors being involved with the Bank. Also wants the resolution to denounce those who defeated the treaty with the Cherokee nation, and those in favor of nullification. Claims that support for President Andrew Jackson is strong in his county.

GLC03209.07

8 July 1860

Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Writes that he hopes to be able to get to St. Louis before the presidential election in order to campaign. Briefly discusses an early candidate for nomination, Edward Bates from Missouri, and states that he does not believe that Bates's supporters will vote for Barrett, who now supports Breckinridge, the Southern Democratic candidate. Corwin served as governor of Ohio, U.S. congressman and senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1850-1853), and U.S. minister to Mexico (1861-1864).

GLC03209.08

16 June 1855

Jackson, Andrew, Jr., 1834-1926

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Tells Blair that he has been deemed deficient in his French exam at West Point Military Academy, and asks for Blair to intercede on his behalf, so that he might be reinstated, and continue at school. Jackson cannot understand how he did so poorly, and tries to assure Blair that he has been a good student and well behaved. Calls on Blair as an old friend of the family to do him this favor. Jackson would eventually graduate from West Point.

GLC03209.09

09 September 1836

Kinnard, George L., 1803-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Worries that Colonel Ogden will not extend the Cumberland road any farther that he already has, unless forced to do so. Feels that the current situation, with both the road and government in general, is "adverse to the public interest." Bemoans the fact that the opponents of Jackson and the Democrats control almost all aspects of the local Illinois government, and says that the only way to win these back will be with the help of the President. Written two months before Kinnard was killed in an explosion aboard the steamboat Flora on the Ohio River.

GLC03209.12

12 November 1833

Moore, Thomas Patrick, 1797-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

In a fight for his congressional seat, says of his opponents, "If there is this side of Hell such a gang of low gamblers, depraved sots, and dirty fools as Lancaster furnishes, I have not seen that place." Asks Blair for help against Letcher, who wishes to take his seat.

GLC03209.14

05 April 1835

Pearce, Dutee J., 1789-1849

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Discussion of Rhode Island politics, and correction on Rhode Island's election day.

GLC03209.17

29 December 1832

Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Informs Blair that he has praised both him and his newspaper in a letter to Congressman Hiester of Pennsylvania, and has endorsed Blair for role of printer for congress. Has also enclosed a few paragraphs on nullification for Blair to publish, which are not in the letter. Blair would lose the vote to be public printer (see GLC03209.19).

GLC03209.18

26 February 1833

Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Expresses his regrets that Blair was not elected public printer. Rush had lobbied to help Blair get this office, as he had informed him in a previous letter (see GLC03209.18).

GLC03209.19

20 June 1832

Shannon, James, fl. 1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair re: wants appointment as Indian agent, with B.B. Johnson FF

GLC03209.20

19 December 1831

Simpson, Henry, 1790-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair

Recommending Jacksonian supporter Henry Petriken, who had served in the Pennsylvania state senate, and wishes to be appointed an official visitor to West Point. The Board of Visitors at West Point are responsible for inquiring about the Academy's morale and discipline, curriculum, instructions, physical equipment, fiscal affairs and academic methods. The board consists of presidential appointees and members of Congress. At this time Simon Cameron was among those on the board.

GLC03209.21

31 August 1840

Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair re: action of William Henry Harrison in War of 1812

GLC03209.22

23 April 1835

Wright, Silas, 1795-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis P. Blair & John C. Rives

Apologizing for remark meant in jest and for a late payment.

GLC03209.25

1850s-1860s

Header Record

Title: Collateral letters sent to Francis P. Blair [Decimalized .27.01- .27.11]

GLC03209.27

December 4, 1856

Header Record

Title: Collection of two items related to Roger B. Taney [Decimalized]

GLC03210

February 5, 1865

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914

Letter signed

Title: to Edward R. S. Canby

Buckner, a Confederate general, signs as Lieutenant General Commanding the District of Western Louisiana. Writes to Union Major General Canby commanding the Military Division of Western Mississippi, in New Orleans to propose the special exchange of a prisoner now in the Trans Mississippi Department for 1st Lieutenant William D. Chipley, Adjutant in the 9th Kentucky Militia Infantry, now confined at Johnson's Island. Chipley was taken as a POW on 22 July 1864 at Intrenchment Creek, Georgia.

GLC03211

1863-1875

Hincks, Edward, 1792-1866

Header Record

Title: Correspondence to George Nichols about finances [Decimalized .01-.15]

Hincks spells his name as Hinks until GLC03212.12 when he begins to sign it Hincks. It also appears on the stationery printed as Hincks on GLC03212.12 and .14. Includes five other envelopes that are addressed to Nichols but do not have corresponding letters, and one note requesting acknowledgement of receipt. Hincks was a Union General and Commander of Camp Lookout prison April - May 1864. He led a African American division in the Petersburg siege. He also served on court martial and recruiting duties intermittently. Nichols was a Cambridge, Massachusetts Commission merchant.

GLC03212