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1747/04/01

Pepperrell, William, 1696-1759

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Hill re: orders to insure that the Militia are well armed

"The town you dwell in ly's much exposed to the enemy"

GLC06790

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

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

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

1863/01/17

Newspaper

Title: Free South. [Vol. 1, no. 2 (January 17, 1863)]

Includes article "The Policy of a Negro Army for the North"

GLC06810

1863 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: The President's dedication address at Gettysburg

Printed by Miller & Mathews. Contains textual variations indicative of a very early printing of the Gettysburg Address.

GLC06811

1864/09/19 ca.

Holmes, David S., 1827-1904

Broadside

Title: Benedict Arnold & Horatio Seymour! ... Who is to be president? [election]

Election-relation broadside attacking Seymour and attempting to link him to the 1863 draft riots in New York City.

GLC06813

1776/06-1778/03

Manuscript document

Title: Continental Congress. Account ledger detailing funds paid and received

Continental Congress in Boston. Entries include the following: "Cash to the Hon. Continental Congress-received from the Hon. John Hancock Esq.-President by the hands of Mr. George Spriggs-two boxes containing one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in Continental Cash."

GLC06816

1870/07/05

Rice, George, fl. 1797-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Beecher re: difficulties in graduating from medical school

Rice was a black doctor and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery who studied under Joseph Lister. He writes concerning his difficulties being accepted into medical school; Rice states: "I hope soon....to get my diploma from a school which stands first in the world & no thanks to N.Y. doctors...."

GLC06817.01

1799/09/21

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to Major Bewell re: Bewell's appointment as head of recruiting party in Vermont

Detailed instructions on supplies, strategies preparing for war with France

GLC06818

1861/11/05 ca.

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Header Record

Title: Six items re: prisoner exchanges after battle of Springfield [Decimalized .01- .07]

1. John C. Fremont. DS: Springfield, Mo. 5 November 1861. 4 p. "Proclamation to all peacably disposed citizens of the State of Missouri..." Cosigned by Sterling Price. 2. Little, Henry. DS: Cassville, [Mo.] 5 November 1861. 1 p. + docket. List of prisoners captured at Springfield, Mo., and released on oath. 3. Eaton, J. H. DS: Springfield, Mo. 2 November 1861. 3 p. "Agreement for Exchange of Prisoners." 4. Little, Henry. ALS: Cassville, [Mo.], to Henry P. Williams and D. Robert Barclay. 5 November 1861. 1 p. re: transmitting list of prisoners. 5. Little, Henry. DS…

GLC06821

1862/05/10

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emily J. Semmes re: action and retreat at Williamsburg

With a continuation on verso, dated 12 May 1862 in pencil.

GLC06822

1863/07/09

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emily J. Semmes re: deathbed description of Gettysburg, Wheatfield

Also discusses severe injuries that he incurred (written one day prior to his death).

GLC06823

1865/05/01 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: Chicago broadside printed in white ink on black silk for Lincoln funeral

"Order of Procession" printed in 3 columns. Worn.

GLC06825

1806/03/15

Ellery, William, 1727-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Stedman re: embargo, Florida and the Miranda expedition

Ellery thanks Stedman, Federalist representative from Massachusetts, for his letters, remarks that "I cannot perceive any good arising out of partial restrictions of trade with G.B. but I can see great evil springing from a total non-Importatation edict." He writes "I wish we may obtain the Floridas by such an exchange as I have often mentioned. I don't wish to know secrets, but I am well satisfied that two million of dollars will not purchase them." He also talks about the Miranda expedition to liberate Venzuela of Spanish rule: "You will I hope be able to reassue that the Government hath…

GLC06827