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Authority to affix the seal to commutation of the death sentence of John W. Parrot.
January 5, 1887
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
GLC00428
to Elias Root
December 15, 1846
Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890
Writes about the whereabouts of a captain. Discusses the situation in Washington and remarks, "At present there seems to be but little chance for the Radical democracy ... certain it is, they can't be worse than they have been." The letter is written...
GLC00431.01
to Julia Patten
May 7, 1856
Mentions her search for a house. Informs that he is leaving for a trip south to Charleston or Savannah and that on his way home he will visit her and Mr. Patten. Expresses doubt as to whether or not his wife will accompany him. Addressed from the...
GLC00431.03
February 28, 1858
Writes confidentially that General Campbell will not be reappointed as Superintendent of Canal Affairs and that a Republican will take his place. Mentions that he is "living on hope here - The Senate has killed the Army bill, one of the...
GLC00431.05
to R. H. Pomeroy
July 5, 1861
Spinner, United States Treasurer, discusses financial matters with Pomeroy, a lawyer from Mohawk, New York. Discusses troops from New York who were stationed in Virginia. Declares "If the officers were only worthy of the men they command, what a mark...
GLC00431.07
to Henry M. Hubbard
March 12, 1875
Informs that he has complied with Hubbard's unspecified request. Addressed from the Treasury of the United States to Hubbard in Windsor, Vermont.
GLC00431.08
June 16, 1875
In the letter, informs that Mr. New has not arrived yet and is not expected until the 25th. Remarks that the last time Mr. New was here, he declined to write his name in an album. Addressed from the Treasury of the United States to Hubbard in...
GLC00431.09
May 22, 1888
Replies that he is aware that Mr. Dwight had borrowed money from her husband but cannot remember the amount of the loan. Note at top of page says Spinner wrote Dwight on November 9, 1888. Addressed to Patten in Washington, D. C. Later notes in pencil...
GLC00431.11
to Daniel Cohen
June 26, 1864
Perry, William, fl. 1864
Writes to Cohen, with whom he had been friends with back in Kansas. Most of the letter concerns past news. Discusses remembering the sack of Lawrence, Kansas.
GLC00434.01
Appointment of Benjamin J. French
December 21, 1847
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Appoints French to the assisstant secretary and librarian position at the Smithsonian Institute. Signed by Joseph Henry (Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution) and the Regents of the Smithsonian saying they consent to the appointment.
GLC00435
to Edwin McMasters Stanton
March 3, 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Union General Grant transmits a communication just received from Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Stanton, Secretary of War, regarding the exchange of "Citizen prisoners and prisoners of War improperly captured." States that Union General Edward...
GLC00445
[Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866].
March 10, 1866
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Pardoned since the judge and the jury said he was a proper object of executive clemency. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
GLC00452
to John H. Houston
June 3, 1825
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
The letter discusses his reasons for not marrying and political plans. Also mentions his not running for governor. John H. Houston was Sam Houston's cousin.
GLC00453
[Presidential pardon of John Brown, Michael Whelan, and Benjamin Gilbert, convicted in the District of Columbia in 1865 of assault and battery].
09 May 1866
Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after serving 5 months of their 1 year sentences because of their good conduct and on the recommendation of the judge who tried them. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
GLC00455
to Ralph Cooper Hutchinson
November 25, 1946
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Writes about returning Hutchinson's biography of General Grant. Mentions that he can no longer make the Army-Navy game because his schedule is too busy. Congratulates Hutchinson, who was president of Lafayette College, on his team's victory...
GLC00456.02
[Appointment of Cephas Brainerd, interim arbitrator (c/s Seward)]
06 September 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Partly printed document, countersigned by William H. Seward, appointing Cephas Brainerd interim arbiter for the Treaty with Britain suppressing the slave trade. Docketed. With white paper seal. Watermark: Wilcox|Philadelphia.
GLC00457
Pardon of Solomon Smith, convicted of larceny.
20 June 1867
Convicted of larceny along with his wife; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Pardoned due to his innocence. (c/s William H. Seward)
GLC00459
Emancipation Proclamation General Orders No.1
2 January 1863
Fifth printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, first Army printing. General Orders No. 1. Disbound.
GLC00460
to Robert Morris
May 27, 1777
Hooper, William, 1742-1790
William Hooper laments the failure of North Carolina to re-elect his associate Joseph Hewes to the Continental Congress. Discusses and rejects the charges of profiteering leveled against Hewes (and others) while he was a member of the Secret...
GLC00462
to James Campbell
April 30, 1853
Herst, William L., fl. 1853
Asks Campbell for his opinion on the appointment of James Burnside as head of a committee. Encloses some sort of criticism of the appointment (not present) and states that he has replied to it but considers the approach unjust. Addressed to Campbell...
GLC00467.02
to George Dodge
October 4, 1864
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Orders Colonel Dodge, Chief Quartermaster at Bermuda Hundred, to send all available boats that could carry troops to Washington, D.C. Written from Butler's Headquarters of the Army of the James in pencil, docketed in ink.
GLC00468.02
General Orders no. 41
21 September 1863
Moore, James M., fl. 1863
Signed by Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. Concerns compliance with General Orders no. 41, a transportation provision for a man on sick leave from Washington, D.C. to New York City.
GLC00468.04
Letters from Sumner to Frederick Douglass [Decimalized .01-.02]
circa December 1870
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
GLC00470
to Frederick Douglass
December 1870
Sumner, a Senator from Massachusetts tried the previous day to locate Douglass at his office, but was too late. Writes "I beg to talk with you about the Republican party & its perils to which I fear you are not sufficiently sensible... Pray don't...
GLC00470.01
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James, Isaac, John W., and Lewis Back].
11 August 1875
All members of the same family.
GLC00472
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John C. Crosby].
February 7, 1874
GLC00477.01
Quit claim deed
March 26, 1918
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
Cosigned by Harding's wife Florence. Countersigned by Charles F. Pace and Eugene Colwell as witnesses. Pace signs twice as Notary Public of the United States Senate. Also signed by Auditor Harry E. Mason, citing the 6 April 1918 transfer of this...
GLC00477.04
[Land bond to increase acreage at Mount Vernon]
22 June 1769
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Cosigned by Robert Alexander. Washington refers to himself in the third person seven times. Alexander wants to sell 300 acres of Maryland land his wife inherited from her father to George Washington. Washington hoped to exchange the plot with Thomas...
GLC00479
to Edward Bates
January 13, 1864
Request to Attorney General Edward Bates for him to have made and sent to him a pardon for Benjamin C. Robertson of Dickson County, Tennessee.
GLC00482
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Greene B. Horne].
08 August 1873
GLC00484
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Joel Hughes].
January 15, 1873
GLC00485
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardons of John Register, William Ricks and William Horn].
30 September 1873
GLC00486
[Orders for John Moore, Wagon Master of Pennsylvania
25 July 1780
Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
Signed as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Explains that the arrival of the French fleet has induced General George Washington and the Continental Congress to "call for a number of Teams and Horses." Seeks wagons and...
GLC00490
Men of the Keystone State, rally for its defence!
circa June 1863
Donopley, D.W., fl. 1863
Recruitment broadside in Pennsylvania published during Lee's invasion of the North in 1863, seemingly before the Battle of Gettysburg. Created by Captain D.W. Donopley of Company L of the First Regiment of the Washington Guard under Colonel William...
GLC00492
Passage through Baltimore
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Comments on Abraham Lincoln's stealthy trip through pro-South Baltimore on his way to Washington to be inaugurated. Lincoln's plans were changed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1861 to avoid trouble in Baltimore. He boarded a special train...
GLC00493.02
The Battle in Baltimore April 19th 1861
What Volck calls a "battle" has been more often been described as the Baltimore Riot. Shows the 6th Massachusetts Regiment travelling through Baltimore to Washington, answering Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers for ninety days' service to defend...
GLC00493.04
Marylanders crossing the Potomac to join the Southern Army
Depicts four Marylanders rowing south across the Potomac River into Virginia to join the army of Robert E. Lee. One man is standing in the boat in an echo of George Washington in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's famous painting "George Washington Crossing...
GLC00493.08
Election in Baltimore, November, 1862
Depicts Federal troops overseeing the election. They are intimidating the respectable citizens attempting to vote while encouraging those of less reputable character. Unruly Unionist members of the crowd, at least some of whom appear to be African...
GLC00493.09
to Gouverneur Morris
March 25, 1793
Discusses his non-involvement in foreign affairs. The death that called Washington to Mount Vernon was that of his nephew, George Augustus Washington, who died of tuberculosis.
GLC00494
to Stephen R. Bradley
March 12, 1823
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
John Quincy Adams explains his 1804 opposition to a bill supported by General Samuel Smith that would further protect U.S. sailors from British impressment. Refutes Smith's suggestion that Adams' position justifies British impressment. Argues that...
GLC00496.003
to William C. Bradley
March 9, 1820
Written as Secretary of State. The letter discusses not complying with a request and the Treaty of Ghent
GLC00496.004
to George Clinton
February 23, 1807
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
Written by Allen the Vermont adventurer and land speculator, who had lost his fortune by the time this letter was written. Allen was the brother to Ethan Allen. Written to Vice President Clinton at the Senate's request. Describes Vermont's role in...
GLC00496.005
The expedition to and battle on Kings Mountain
1780
Campbell, William, 1745-1781
An account of Battle of Kings Mountain, which took place in South Carolina on 7 October 1780, by Colonel Campbell (two months after the battle he was made brigadier general of militia). Describes the political and administrative background leading...
GLC00496.011
to Emma Donelson
February 13, 1837
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Letter of condolence to his niece upon the death of her son.
GLC00496.037
to Isaac Briggs
May 12, 1808
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Asks Surveyor General for the Territory of Mississippi Briggs to visit Thomas Moore's oil mill and report on dimensions and design. Regarding Jefferson's wish to build a beni oil mill for personal use. Beni oil is made from sesame seeds.
GLC00496.040
to James Ronaldson
February 7, 1820
Mentions his failing health. The plaster bust of Jackson, by William Rush, was ordered by Ronaldson for a number of important Americans. The only surviving terra-cotta is at the Art Institute of Chicago; the only surviving plaster is at the...
GLC00496.041
to Frederic P. Stanton
August 17, 1863
Follow-up letter discussing the addition of evidence in a Court of Inquiry case. Written on War Department letterhead.
GLC00496.044
to Major John J. Key
November 24, 1862
Lincoln quotes the testimony against Key and assures him the dismissal was not personal but for the good of the service. Lincoln also expresses sympathy for the death of Key's son in battle.
GLC00496.045.01
[Lincoln endorsement on autograph letter signed of David Davis]
February 18, 1865
Autograph letter dated 14, February 1865 and signed by David Davis addressed to a man named Stuart. Davis informs Stuart of the death of Isaac Funk, Funk's wife, and his brother Jesse. States that Isaac died without a will and left a large estate....
GLC00496.049
[Appointment of John Chew as midshipman]
December 1, 1809
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Countersigned by Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton and registered by Nathaniel Maxwell.
GLC00496.052
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