1953/01/15

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Manuscript document signed

Title: Press release of last Presidential Address

Signed on page 2. Printed front and back. Discusses events of his presidency including the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the end of WWII and Korea. "I suppose that history will remember my term...as the years when the "Cold War" began to overshadow our lives."

GLC06802

1856/10/25

Miller, Daniel L., fl. 1856

Broadside

Title: One Hundred Dollars Reward. Shall extension of slavery be prohibited? [election]

A comparison of Democratic Buchanan/Breckinridge platform to Republican Fremont/Dayton platform with historical background. Prints quotations from Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Polk, and the Constitution. For anyone who can disprove the statements in the broadside, the author offers: "One hundred dollars reward. Let every voter examine and judge for himself!" Poses the question: "Has Congress the Constitutional right to prohibit slavery and polygamy in the territories" and offers the candidates views on the issues.

GLC06814

1870/06/16

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

Document

Title: Passport of George Rice indicating complexion as "Dark"

Signed (?) by Hamilton Fish

GLC06817.02

1814/10/04

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Acting Secretary of War re: burning of Washington by British

Winchester also requests to be reassigned. Docketed "Copy of a letter to the Acting Secretary of War."

GLC06824

1807/04/21

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Dearborn re: recommending W.Duncanson for Librarian of Congress

Jefferson, writing to his Secretary of War, discusses nominations for various posts, particularly W. Duncanson for Librarian of Congress, because of his distressed condition. "He was in the worst days of terror, one of the 4 or 5 who alone stood their ground as republicans in Washington and Georgetown. [....] He is warm in temper, and on account of some communications with Col. Smith in Miranda's affair and perhaps some acquaintance with Burr, might, I fear be rather unpopular with the members [of Congress]; but my confidence is that he vowed to be, & has been, an honest man in all his…

GLC06826

1852/07/05

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Pamphlet

Title: Oration delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester

First Edition by Lee, Mann & Co. Douglass' famous fourth of July oration, given on the fifth. Douglass was asked by the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society to give the oration on the fourth, choosing the topic "the meaning of the Fourth to the Negro." Douglass' famous peroration: "Are the great principles of political freedom and natural justice [of the Fourth], embodied in the Declaration of Independence, extended to us? .... This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, but I must mourn." McFeely called this "perhaps the greatest anti-slavery oration ever given." Sabin…

GLC06829

1776/03/26-04/09

Blauvelt, Johannes J., fl. 1776

Manuscript

Title: Orderly book of Captain Blauvelt at beginning of New York Campaign

New York (Rockland County) or New Jersey (Bergen County) militia Revolutionary War orderly book. Includes Washington's orders for troops sent to New York after recapture of Boston, New York campaign prior to British arrival at Staten Island (July). First page entitled "Captain Johannes Jab. Blauvelt his orderly book, New York, March 26, 1776." 22 pages, with 10 additional pages of later date. This may be the same person as Johannes J. Blauvelt buried in Orangeburg, NY (DAR Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, vol. 1).

GLC06849

1865/11/13

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document

Title: Pardon of Charles W. Dorrance with stamped signature

Stamped Signature of President Johnson (sole example in GLC). Countersigned by William H. Seward

GLC06850

1814/08/18

Cochrane, Alexander, fl. 1814

Manuscript

Title: to James Monroe re: Washington D.C., letter (copy) written during war of 1812

Contemporary copy. Cochrane writes to Secretary of State Monroe that British attacks will occur unless the U.S. makes reparation to the suffering inhabitants of Upper Canada. Dated from "His Britannic Majesty's Ship the Tornnant in the Patusan [Patuxet?] River"

GLC06863

1836/02/25

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Leonard Prather (c/s John Forsyth)

Convicted of stealing money from letters as assistant postmaster

GLC06868.01

1837/12/26

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of George Anderson (c/s John Forsyth)

Convicted of an assault and battery on Captain Hilliard of Ship Draper

GLC06868.02

1848/07/05

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Edward King (c/s James Buchanan)

Convicted of transferring forged papers to the treasury in exchange for money

GLC06868.03

1915/07/10

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to W. S. Rainsford

Writes of Creel: "He can only find inconsistencies precisely as he can find them in the writings of Washington or Lincoln- that is, an occasional honest and necessary change of mind and ...circumstances which necessitated a change on my part, precisely as Lincoln's attitude toward emancipation changed in 1861 as compared to 1858 and in 1863 as compared to 1861." With insertions and corrections in Roosevelt's hand. Some water damage to inks.

GLC06881

1833/08/17

De Iturbide, Augustin, fl. 1833

Document

Title: A Secularizar Las Misiones De Alta y...California" ...

15 Articles of Secularization Law, opening way for colonization of California. Printed document.

GLC06796

1828 ca.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Broadside

Title: An account of some of the bloody deeds of Gen. Jackson [with coffins, response]

Dramatic broadside. A sarcastic rejoinder to the broadside "An Account of the Bloody Deeds of Gen. Jackson." Features coffin surrounded by dozens of smaller black coffins. With a pro-Jackson text that ironically describes the "slaughter" of the Gen. Packenham and the British Soldiers who invaded New Orleans in 1815. Sir E. Packenham led the British troops. An ironic rejoinder to GLC 5566.

GLC06797

1865

Document

Title: Application for a bonus based on service for Jeremiah Boley, 4th Reg. USCT

Boley served in the 4th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. With a receipt for payment, power of Attorney, and affadavit. Consists of 4 leaves attached at upper corner

GLC06798

1790/05/21

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to unknown re: explanation of the Import Law with regard to Hemp duty

GLC06799

1819/01/30

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter

Title: to Mr. Peal re: sale and delivery of slaves to his plantation

Letter in the third person, signed in the text.

GLC06800

1887/02/09

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

Letter signed

Title: to James P. Foster re: the Republican Party's mission

He writes in part "surely the time has arrived when the Republican Party should assume again its great mission." Was written in the Senate Chamber

GLC06804

1866/08/16

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Butler re: Atlantic cable

"My prediction of the 1842-3 of the Atlantic Cable Project is at length realized. May it be a blessing to the World..."

GLC06805

1906, 1915/02/15

Avey, Elijah, fl. 1906

Book signed

Title: The Capture and Execution of John Brown: A Tale of Martyrdom

With thirty illustrations. Eyewitness account, inscribed. Printed by the Brethren Publishing House for the author and Publisher. Accompanied (.02) by publisher's prospectus, small printed leaf of Brown's last written words, photo of Brown's widow's house in California.

GLC06806

1915 circa

Header Record

Title: [Materials related to "The Capture of John Brown"] [decimalized .01-.03]

Items accompanying Avey's book: the original publisher's prospectus signed by James Collin as publisher's agent, small printed leaflet facsimile of Brown's last written words (included with the book, according to the note written on it), and a photograph of Brown's widow's house in California. The prospectus notes "Avery... was learning the watchmaker's trade in Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia in 1859 in the days of the John Brown troubles. He heard John Brown's trial and those of his associates. He saw him and his six men executed."

GLC06806.02

1864/02/17

Eaton, John Jr., fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: Circular. Office of....Freedmen re: information for Freedmen in Natchez, La.

With manuscript note on obtaining permits, etc. Printed by Freedmen Press, Vicksburg, MS with MS corrections, for use in Dept. of Tenn. & Ark. One black and white bust engraving of General Eaton included.

GLC06807

1865/01-1865/09

Oviatt, Morris N., fl. 1865

Autograph manuscript

Title: "Diary" of Captain, Co. D. 9th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery

Captain Oviat's "Diary" with printed titlepage, and short entries concerning drilling, telegrams received, etc. The entries appear to have been copied, as noted on the titlepage "Edited by Joseph Fitzgerald, 1st Lt. Co. 9, USC Artillery (heavy)." Topics include Lincoln's assassination, daily life, etc. Written in a Clayton's quarto diary, with many blank pages in the latter half of 1865.

GLC06808

1865/04/03

Broadside

Title: Daily Journal Extra... "2 P.M. Richmond is taken. The city is on fire"

Double column broadside prints Stanton's telegraph.

GLC06809