June 13, 1779

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Sends a circular letter with a general disposition for the army (not included), "which is to be varied according to circumstances and the particular movements of the enemy," should the British attack West Point. Henry Clinton's forces had seized Stony Point and Verplank's Point on June 1, 1779 on their way up the Hudson River towards West Point.

GLC00780

10 June 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Autograph document signed

Title: [Resolution to equalize pay of troops]

Resolution of Congress to equalize pay of the troops in the Middle Department with that of those in the Eastern Department. Passed by the Continental Congress in response to George Washington's 8 June 1776 letter stating that Congress had intended such a resolution, but had not yet passed it.

GLC00782.07

February 4, 1917

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Carrie F. Phillips

Written as United States senator from Ohio to Phillips, his longtime mistress, about his recent trip to Columbus and Marion, Ohio, to visit a sick brother. Writes that he approves the neutrality policy towards Germany but fears that war will still come. He also cautions her regarding her pro-German views. Letter written on United States Senate stationery.

GLC00782.08

July 8, 1933

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry L. Stoddard

In a letter marked "Personal," Hoover writes critically about President Roosevelt and the New Deal. He comments on an economic conference and going off the gold standard. He provides a list of "misrepresentations and illusions held out from Washington" about New Deal policies that the American public is being fooled by, most of them pertaining to economic matters. He decries a lack of "encouragement to individual prudence and thrift, any encouragement to any holding to moral anchors in all of this situation" and blames it on the New Deal, an era "where white rabbits please and thrill the…

GLC00782.10

May - August 1818

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Header Record

Title: [The Massacre of Chehaw indians by Georgia militia] [Decimalized .01- .06]

GLC00782.11

June 30, 1818

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to William Rabun

Secretary of State Adams informs Governor of Georgia Rabun that President Monroe has directed that Captain Obediah Wright be prosecuted for the murder of Chehaw Indians. He discusses some details necessary to start the prosecution. The Chehaw were American allies during the first Seminole War. Docket indicates a reply was sent on July 29, 1818.

GLC00782.11.02

October 4, 1867

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Letter signed

Title: to Ulysses S. Grant

Johnson asks Grant to "inform Major General C. C. Augur, by telegraph, that he is authorized and empowered to act as a member of the Indian Peace Commission during the absence of Lieut. General Sherman, and direct him to meet the Commission at Fort Harker on the eighth instant." Letter written on lined Executive Mansion stationery. Noted Grant as ad interim Secretary of War.

GLC00782.13

6 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Joseph Jackson Coombs as an examiner-in-chief of the United States Patent Office]

Countersigned by Walton J. Smith, acting Secretary of the Interior. Impression stamped with The Department of the Interior seal.

GLC00782.14

18 February 1898

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Typed document signed

Title: to Czar Nicholas II

Telegram thanking Czar Nicholas for condolences he had offered for the sinking of the USS Maine. Typed on Department of State telegram letterhead. Stamped "2d Assistant Secretary, Feb 18 1898."

GLC00782.16

January 17, 1810

Revere, Paul, 1735-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Revere

Discusses Nathaniel Macon's anti-tariff bill in Washington, D.C. and its potential consequences for the Embargo Act of 1807. Also discusses business matters and the health of their family. With a diagram drawn on the verso. Joseph was Paul's son.

GLC00782.18

March 8, 1909

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

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry G. Granger

Taft writes in response to a telegram from Granger in which he had praised his economic policy and looked forward to seeing Taft ride through a sea-level Panama Canal. Taft thanks him for his praise, but dismisses as impracticable a sea-level canal. Letter written on White House letterhead.

GLC00782.20

February 20, 1946

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed letter signed

Title: to Kenneth W. Snyder

Writing to Snyder in Kansas City, Missouri, Truman responds to Snyder's letter from February 13, 1946 and comments on an editorial from the Kansas City Star that advocated continued government participation in local community issues. Truman argues against this idea: "You must remember that we have been under war powers for four years, due to necessity. Industry and labor have begun to lean on the government for decisions which they themselves ought to make. If we are going to have free enterprise and free collective bargaining, the sooner we get to it the better. For myself I believe in as…

GLC00782.21

October 24, 1814

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Callender Irvine

The secretary of state informs the commissary general of purchases that an appropriation of $60,000 had been made to him for contingency expenses for the execution of the War of 1812.

GLC00786

07 April 1855

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal: Treaty with Cherokee Indians (1855 Feb. 2)

Original treaty dated Feb. 22, 1855

GLC00787

27 February 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Header Record

Title: Fifteenth Amendment resolution [Decimalized GLC00788.01-GLC00788.02]

GLC00788

27 February 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Printed document signed

Title: [Fifteenth Amendment resolution]

Reconstruction amendment passed to combat southern opposition to federal policies toward freed slaves. Printed certificate sealed and signed, attached to printed resolution with a purple ribbon and red State Department seal. With printed circular letter.

GLC00788.01

27 February 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Document signed

Title: To the governor of the state of Nebraska

A printed a letter to the governors of Nebraska transmitting the Fifteenth Amendment.

GLC00788.02

May 25, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. Rufus Saxton

"If Banks reaches Martinsburg is he any the better for it?" The letter mentions Gen. Banks's retreat before Jackson.

GLC00790

February 3, 1831

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Henry Eaton

Andrew Jackson writes to Secretary of War Eaton about arranging the removal of the Brothertown Indians of New York to a reservation in Wisconsin. He comments on a recent meeting he had with the New York Indians. Informs him that the Menominee of the Green Bay, Wisconsin area object to Indians from New York being settled on their land and dispute the validity of "any contract made" because it "was without the consent of their council & by men unauthorized by their nation." He asks Eaton to arrange a treaty with the Menominee to facilitate the move. Discusses the land and rights to be given…

GLC00791

3 May 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document signed

Title: [Promotion of Edward O.C. Ord to Major General of Volunteers]

Partially printed form from an engraving signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. With a docket signed by Adjutant General Lorenzo. Thomas indicating the commission was recorded on 3 May 1862 in "Volume 17. Page 77." With a blue seal intact.

GLC00792

December 12, 1884

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Document signed

Title: Certificate no. 3362: Thomas Ward as Companion First Class

Signed by W.S. Hancock as Commander in Chief.

GLC00778.14

circa 1884-1893

Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1869-?

Document signed

Title: [Certificate of Membership for Thomas Ward]

Duo-tint lithograph attesting to membership. Undated. Cloth-backed.

GLC00778.15

November 14, 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to the Convention of Maryland

Enclosing a letter from James Searle regarding possible attack by British fleet. On November 13, 1776 Searle spotted about one hundred British ships off the point of Sandy Hook at Long Branch, New Jersey. He immediately wrote to Thomas Wharton Jr., chairman of the Pennsylvania Council for Safety and warned him that the ships seemed to be heading southward. The letter caused great worry in Congress. Hancock sent letters to assemblies in all of the Southern states, and enclosed a copy of Searle's letter as well. However, the British fleet Searle saw was heading for Britain. Letter also notes…

GLC00779

1766-1960

Header Record

Title: Americana collection [decimalized]

GLC00782

April 8, 1785

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Price

Recipient from contents. Adams thanks Price for his book "Observations on the importance of the American Revolution." Has received 1st and 2nd editions. He states that to him the chief liberty is that of conscience.

GLC00782.01