14 May 1784

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Cranch

Written as ambassador at The Hague, Adams discusses waiting for his family to arrive and how walking six or seven miles per day has helped him overcome the "Disorders into which Voyages Journeys and too much application had thrown me." He concludes by mentioning Mr. Tyler, who was involved with courting a woman. Cranch was the husband of Abigail Adam's sister; Adams greets him as "dear brother."

GLC03759

07 June 1776

Warren, James, 1726-1808

Broadside

Title: Massachusetts resolution re: calling for meetings on question of independence

References: Bristol 4265.

GLC03760.01

1794

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

Book

Title: Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States... [Incomplete]

Boston edition. Title continues, " ... to which are added the United States Militia Act passed in Congress, May 1792, and the Militia Act of Massachusetts, passed June 22, 1793." Steuben's name is spelled Stuben. Printed for David and John West, Boston, Massachusetts. Missing pages 61-62 and some engravings and plates. Original leather binding.

GLC03760.02

02 December 1780

Massachusetts

Broadside

Title: Resolutions for immediate enlistment of 4,240 men to serve 3 years

Accompanied by a blank military appointment.

GLC03761

11 August 1777

Warren, James, 1726-1808

Broadside

Title: (Massachusetts-Bay) Resolution providing for exchange of bad gunpowder

GLC03762

28 November 1793

Virginia

Broadside

Title: Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant

A state cannot be sued by individuals, opposing the Supreme Court case Chrisholm v. Georgia.

GLC03763.01

circa 10 October 1793

Wyllys, George, fl. 1793

Manuscript document signed

Title: Document opposing Supreme Court decision (Chisholm v. Georgia) that a state may be sued

Signed by George Wyllys and Docketed by Samuel Huntington. Dated the second Thursday in October, i.e., the 10th.

GLC03763.02

3 March 1783

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William S[tephens] Smith

Written by General Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Smith as commander of the post at Dobbs Ferry, New York. Discusses the problems of trading with British-occupied New York City and the issue of states ignoring the "barrier between us and the enemy."

GLC03770

1877

Jackson, William Hicks, 1835-1903

Book

Title: Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians

Printed by the Government Printing Office. This document is a catalogue intended to systematize the collection of photographs taken of Native Americans during the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.

GLC03775.01

1831

Various

Pamphlet

Title: [Forty six pamphlets on Indian affairs. Decimalized]

The first items is a pamphlet printing correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun during the Seminole Indian War. This is accompanied by eight congressional pamphlets on the Cherokee Indians and an additional thirty seven on various Indian tribes, including the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seneca. For related material, see GLB 205.02.

GLC03776

28 June 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert E. Lee

Reviews confederate military position on the eve on Gettysburg. Discusses General U.S. Grant's entrenchment at the Mississippi and attempt to take Vicksburg from General Joseph Johnston. Mentions the need to reinforce Johnston with troops from Generals P.T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg, who also face attack. Also discusses rumors of an attack on Richmond, and preparations to defend the city. Because of the potential attack, Davis cannot send Lee many reinforcements. Mentions unverified reports that General W.F. Lee has been captured. Davis concludes by expressing regret that he does not…

GLC03778

9 January 1880

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles A. Morton

Commander in Chief of the Army Sherman writes to Colonel Morton regarding the destruction incurred on Sherman's March to the Sea. He discusses the term "Sherman's Monuments" for the chimneys left after houses burnt down, claims that he never sanctioned the burning of a private dwelling, and states that there was more desolation in Vicksburg and the Shenandoah Valley left by Grant's troops. He dismisses Southern politicians who decry vandalism in the South during the war, seeing such destruction as something the South brought upon itself.

GLC03780

8 April 1862

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John E. Wool

Major General McClellan writes to Major General Wool regarding Yorktown. He discusses the strength of enemy positions, reports of Joseph E. Johnston's arrival in Yorktown, the possibility of a union attack near Yorktown, his lack of troops, and his wish that the Merrimac would come out and fight.

GLC03781

12 December 1795

Stewart, John, 1759-1823

Printed document signed

Title: [Resolutions in the Virginia House of Delegates recommending additional Amendments to Constitution][copy]

Instructs Virginia senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress to "unite their utmost exertions" to obtain the following constitutional amendments included: 1. treaties that become law must be ratified by the House; 2. impeachments be conducted by a tribunal other than the Senate; 3. changing Senate terms to three years with one third of the Senate changing each year; 4. excluding judges from holding other offices. Stewart was the clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates. Co-signed by R. Brooke for the state Senate.

GLC03764

January 16, 1799

Stewart, John, 1759-1823

Broadside

Title: Va. Resolutions recommending amendment to bar aliens from Congress

Also asking that aliens be barred from the Judiciary and Executive departments.

GLC03765

1863-1888

Caulkins, Clarence, fl. 1863-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters belonging to Clarence Calkins, 1863-1888][Decimalized .01-.46]

Collection of letters belonging to Clarence Calkins dated 1863-1888. Correspondence is primarily sent between Clarence to his family members; Samuel J. Calkins, his father; Nettie and Nellie his sisters; and his brother Oscar Calkins. Contents pertains to Petersburg, and prisoners of war at Libby and Danville where Clarence Calkins was likely held. Also included are freemasons ephemera.

GLC03766

February 1804 - April 1804

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Diary kept at Algiers re: lodging, business, etc.

Diary kept from February to April.

GLC03767.01

12 December 1793

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tristram Dalton re: voyage across the Atlantic and arrival at Glasgow

Written to his business partner.

GLC03767.02

1812

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Manuscript

Title: Inventory of Lear's household

GLC03767.03

23 July 1862

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas R.R. Cobb re: Congress meeting in a few days, defense of Col. Benning

Noted as Private at top.

GLC03768

1674, 1802, 1851

Header Record

Title: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania: Probate documents, Land Deeds, Commission &c [Decimalized .001- .207]

GLC03769

01 December 1674

Perring, Henry, fl. 1674

Document signed

Title: [Last will and testament of Henry Perring of Brookhaven on Long Island].

Attested and signed by Richard Woodhull. Bequeaths his full estate to his wife Hanna Perring, unless she remarries. Perring, Brewster, and Woodhull were among the first patentees of Brookhaven, Long Island.

GLC03769.001

19 March 1851

Smith, A. G., fl. 1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Cotton Mather

Writes as the agent for the Utica Iron Manufacturing Company. Describes the collapse of the dock of his company on the Erie Canal. Advises that work should be done to fix it this spring before navigation opens. Reports that they intend to send 5,000 tons of freight in the coming season and because of the increased business, he believes the canal company should build their own permanent dock. Addressed to Mather as the Canal Commissioner, Albany, New York.

GLC03769.002

17 August 1802

Smith, Thomas, 1745-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jasper Yeates

Discusses the recent arrival of a chief justice who lives near the Schuylkill River (near Philadelphia). Mentions an upcoming jury held for a judgment pertaining to Miss [Prius?]. Discusses possibly moving a trial or meeting to Lancaster, Pennsylvania from Philadelphia. Expresses concern regarding the health of citizens in both Philadelphia and Lancaster. Refers to the possible arrival of Breckinridge, and states "I am afraid our Citizens will be too eager to return from the Country which may produce a relapse, if any of the seeds of the fever yet remain in the City, as I still suspect…

GLC03769.003

1794

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Book

Title: A Defence of the Constitutions of the government of the United States...

New Edition, with a preface extracted from Jedediah Morse's American Geography, describing Adams. Printed by John Stockdale. Bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt edges.

GLC03771.01