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to Charles W. Dumas

Sends Dumas plans for the construction of Washington, D.C. "with a desire that they may be exhibited" in Europe. Accompanied by a 1792 Andrew Ellicott Map from "Columbian Magazine" (GLC 7104.02).

GLC07104.01

[Map of Washington, D.C.].

Engraved folding map removed from the "Columbian Magazine." Included with a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles W. Dumas (GLC07104.01).

GLC07104.02

to James Dinsmore

Discusses the renovation and construction of the dome at Monticello. "I wonder the Copper sheets had not got to hand, as it is very long since they left Philadelphia. the steps, or plinths for the dome must be got from Fluvanna...." States that it...

GLC07105

to Edwin M. Stanton re: discharge of jailed Confederate conscript

The soldier was a nephew of Lincoln's aquaintance, John Tipton, who has "Lost one brother, and another crippled for life, in our service"

GLC07107

[Authorization to affix the seal to "my proclamation," for a day of national humiliation and prayer]

Partially printed document ordering the seal affixed to a presidential proclamation praying for an end to the Civil War. A pencil note on verso explains the circumstances of the document.

GLC07108

to John Francis Mercer

Written by Monroe as a major in William Alexander's (aka Lord Stirling) brigade of George Washington's army to Colonel Mercer, captain in the 3rd Virginia Regiment. Recipient is inferred from the third page of the letter where Monroe asks for...

GLC07111

Letter by George Washington and prisoner list [Decimalized .01-.02]

A letter by George Washington regarding his campaign, and a list of prisoners from General Burgoyne's surrender.

GLC07115

to Thomas Mifflin

Presidential circular letter in which Washington transmits to Mifflin "the duplicates of the two Acts - one to establish the Treasury Department - and one for registering and clearing Vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes."

GLC07116

to Thomas B. Adams

Signed with his initial "A." Adams discusses family matters, his declining a seat on the Supreme Court. He expects war with Great Britain: "All the information that we receive from the United States... indicates a disposition and measures leading to...

GLC07118

to Samuel Elliot re: inability to review Elliot's book

Returning Elliot's book "upon Politics and Law, Morals and Religion" and saying he is unable "to give my opinion upon its merits" because of "perpetual pressure of indispensable occupations and absorbing cares." He writes "I have read many of its...

GLC07119

to Col. Henry Jackson re: British troops marching to Philadelphia

Arnold, who now commanded in Philadelphia, orders Jackson to harass the British who had just evacuated the city (18 June) and were marching across New Jersey. "You will march with the Troops under your command at three O'Clock tomorrow morning and...

GLC07122

to Edwin M. Stanton

Discussing Mary Todd Lincoln's influence in military matters. Says that others have "asserted that Mrs Lincoln was one of the parties whose influence had operated on me." Also praises some of Stanton's early changes in dispositions of troops. Marked...

GLC07091

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Heavily vignetted profile portrait of Stowe as an older woman. Signed on mount.

GLC07093

Collection of three items related to Dwight D. Eisenhower [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC07094

[Cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln]

Printed from the original lost ambrotype taken by T.P. Pearson (Ostendorf No. O-8) at Macomb, Illinois, 26 August 1858 at the time of the Lincoln Douglas debates. Printed circa 1890. Shows Lincoln beardless. Printed with "Rider, 339 W. Madison...

GLC07094.03

[1860 and 1864 presidential election Union campaign banner]

Linen Union campaign banner with image of an eagle holding an American flag shield. Banner held in eagle's beak reads [Abraham] Lincoln and [Andrew] Johnson. Printed in red, blue and black. Altered for use in the 1864 election. The original...

GLC07095

[Purple and blue "Union" paper folding paper lantern]

Lantern made from corrugated wove paper with cardboard top and base, hanging loop and internal metal candle holder. The paper is printed or painted with blue and purple (perhaps once burgundy or dark red), with the word "Union" printed twice as part...

GLC07096

to Ephraim Bemis

Writes to his parents to relay that he is in good health. Implores them to arrange for his release from his duty as a soldier, fearing that if he does not return home soon he will lose his trade. Also notes an Indian attack on Casco Fort. Written...

GLC07097

to Jacob Burdett

Written by Clay as a lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky, before he began his political career to Burdett as an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio. References a previous letter by Burdett respecting Jim, a runaway slave whose status was in question. Says an...

GLC07098

to Theodore Sedgwick

Discusses a two hundred page report (possibly of the Amistad case). Mentions Lewis Tappan, an abolitionist who supported the Amistad Africans' freedom. Discusses the authenticity of treaties admitted as evidence in the Amistad case at District...

GLC07099

to Benjamin Lincoln

Adams as vice president to Lincoln after his unsuccessful mission to make peace with the Northwest Indians. Says he read with interest Lincoln's report on why peace was not achieved. Says the report fits with the facts he learned while in Europe and...

GLC07101

to Thomas Sumter

Writes to General Sumter about Lord Cornwallis's movements, concluding that he is "rather inclined to think that he will leave everything here and move northward." Discusses the arrival of some supplies. Comments "I fully agree with you that...

GLC07103

to James Breckinridge

Discusses the plans for construction and related finances at the University of Virginia. Proctor of the University Arthur Brockenbrough was involved in assessing the costs so that they could plan for the construction of a library.

GLC07106

to James Duane

Comments on a visit by Major North, who he describes as "a Genteel young man." Notes an unconfirmed report that Massachusetts ratified the Constitution and hopes it will compel other states to do the same. Criticizes Robert R. Livingston for his...

GLC07109

to Richard Rush

Written by Madison as President to Rush as Attorney General. Asks advice on various problems the government needs to handle. Wants to know if it is proper to give naval protection against the "Carthaginian Corsairs" -- probably the Barbary powers...

GLC07110

to Robert Tyler

Tyler, former President of the United States, elaborates on the 1860 Presidential election to his son Robert. States that he discussed the election with Colonel William T. Withers of Mississippi. Expresses approval at the fusion of Stephen Douglas'...

GLC07112

[Two items related to the Revolutionary War debts owed to Virginia by the federal government] [Decimalized]

GLC07114

to Sylvanus Bourne re: complaints about Mr. Skipwith

As Minister to the Netherlands he complains about a letter from Mr. Skipwith, "who must know perfectly well that I cannot command a farthing of public money for the application of which I am not expressly authorized." Adams also questions the...

GLC07117

Orderly book of ranking officer at British garrison in New York

Oblong quarto. Manuscript leaves interleaved . Original paper marble boards with shaped flap enclosure. Orderly book of a British garrison in New York when Jones was the ranking British commander (while Generals Howe and Clinton were in Philadelphia)...

GLC07120

Plan for the Future Conduct of the American War

The only recorded copy of a very detailed proposal for the conduct of Britain's war in America by Oswald, a successful merchant and former slave trader. Oswald, a friend of American Henry Laurens, later served as a British Peace Commissioner for the...

GLC07121

America the Beautiful [printed text, signed, with accompanying text]

Printed text of the four stanza poem, signed at the end on the bottom of page 1, with an additional text on accompanying pages explaining the circumstances of her originally writing it, when inspired by vistas at Pike's Peak. Bates also details the...

GLC07123

to Committee of Philadelphians re: defending his actions as President

Written to a Committee, including among others "Asa Packer, Owen Jones, John Cadwalader, Samuel Smith, G. Fox, Andrew Craig, Hiester Clymer and many others." Buchanan, declining an invitation to a public political dinner in Philadelphia...

GLC07124

to unknown re: sending battle plans of Shiloh

Beauregard encloses "a copy of the Plans of the Battle of Shiloh made to accompany my Report of said Battle. It will enable you better to understand my explanation the other day." Beauregard, by not pursuing a final attack on Ulysses S. Grant at...

GLC07125

Manuscript orderly book of aide-de-camp to Lord Jeffrey Amherst [Decimalized .01- .05]

Regarding the final months of the Canada Campaign and the treaty of peace. Locations mentioned include Fort St. Ann on Lake Erie, Fort William Augustus (Ogdenburg, N.Y.), La Chine, La Prairie, Pointe Claire, Fort Ontario, Chambly, etc. Kemble, an...

GLC07126

The Folly of invading Virginia

Collateral to Oswald manuscript, printing some of Oswald's other manuscripts concerning British policy in America. GLC 7121 is not in the limited edition printed by the University of Virginia Press.

GLC07121.02

to Benjamin Rush re: economic policy, declaration of war

"The prudence of an individual is the policy of a nation. Self preservation is the first law of nature to both...France, under Washington's administration, had in defiance of all laws human and divine, plundered our commerce in every sin in Europe...

GLC07306

Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)

Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC07311

Telegraphic Dispatch!

Signed in print by "D. Todd, Governor." This is a mispelling of Ohio Governor David Tod's name. Tod, in this recruiting broadside, asks for "A force of 200 men and [to] send them as fast as raised to Camp Chase" to help defend Washington. Below Tod...

GLC07312

[Pardon of Ezekiel D. Dyer for fraud].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Dyer was convicted in December, 1859, and sentenced to the jail at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He remained in prison after completing his sentence because he was unable to pay his fine. He was...

GLC07314

[Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth]

Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon...

GLC07318

to Gertrude Ely

Notes that he shares Ely's "impatience and amusement" with the Molly Pitcher Club. Discusses attempts to alter the Volstead law and his personal opposition to prohibition. But because of his belief in popular government he must respect the law....

GLC07319

[Patent for Silas Hyde's improvements in the bedstead]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Docketed and signed by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Sealed and bound with bright red ribbon.

GLC07324

[Patent for Jordan L. Mott's improvement in the process of chilling castings]

Signed by Buchanan as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents. Mott's written description of his improvement is signed by Edward Lewis and M. D. Van Doren as witnesses. Contains a one-page diagram of Mott's...

GLC07325

[Presidential commutation for Arthur Franzblau, convicted of mail fraud 24 February 1924 in New York]

Arthur Franzblau was convicted of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in the U.S. District Court of Southern New York and sentenced to one year in the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on 2...

GLC07326

[Patent for Nathan Currier's improvements in a machine designed to excavate and remove earth]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by [Adam?] Birkins as Acting Secretary of State, and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Sealed and bound with mauve ribbon.

GLC07327

[Patent for John Templeman's improvement in the chain bridge]

Signed by Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Caesar Augustus Rodney as Attorney General. Templeman's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Corcoran and John Oto as witnesses. The...

GLC07328

Pardon of Leonhart F. Reik, convicted of a violation of Internal Revenue laws.

Convicted of violating Internal Revenue laws; sentenced to pay a $1000 fine and to be imprisoned until fine is paid. Pardoned after spending some months in prison and proving entirely unable to pay the fine due to poverty, and by recommendation of...

GLC07329

[Patent for Schuyler Fisher's improvement in the Hatter's Plank Kettle]

Signed by Madison as President. Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State and Richard Rush as Attorney General. Fisher's written description of his invention is signed by Samuel Fisher and Aston Peren as witnesses.

GLC07330

An Act relative to the Compensations to Certain officers [duties]

Printed document signed. "An act of relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in the collections of the duties of import and tonnage." Outlining "allowances" to be paid to tax collectors of various areas

GLC07305

[Farewell address to 2nd Army Corps]

One day after Lee's surrender, General Humphreys issues a circular letter congratulating his men on having "done your full share in the Grand Closing scene." Issued as major general commanding; verified as official by Adjutant General Daniel Hart...

GLC07307

to David Dixon Porter

Couthouy, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant commanding the U.S.S. Chillicothe, expresses his mortification at seeing the U.S.S. Osage, a ship formerly under his command, listed as having failed to comply with General Order No. 31, which required monthly...

GLC07308

to John A. Andrew

Writes to the Governor of Massachusetts that he believes Massachusetts did its share in the Civil War. "The physical battle has been fought and a new one of ideas has begun. In this your state is preeminently gratified to take a leading part...

GLC07309

Cherokee Indian "Spoilatia" claim against U.S. Goverment (signed with cross)

Claim for of $125.25 written after Winfield Scott and troops confiscated his property during the "Trail of Tears." Signed by Hatchchett with his mark, a cross ("+").

GLC07310

Battery "G" Penna. Vols. Aug. 22, 1862. June 21, 1865.

Oval albumen prints of members of the Battery G, Pennsylvania Volunteers bound in an album. All unidentified group photos, one is of members of the band. Leather cover is severely deteriorated with red rot.

GLC07315

[1st Lieutenant James J. Lowell]

Oval photograph of Lowell, a 1st Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers. Shown in full-length in dress coat on crutches.

GLC07316

to Robert R. Livingston

Written in response to a letter from Livingston, who was still attending King's College: "I have often remarked Ambition to be one of your strongest Passions, and have as often been misprised that instead of attending to such Persons as are most...

GLC07320

[Autobiographical note related to Halleck's work at the New Almaden Quicksilver mines]

Written on a printed form "To be returned to S.F. Baird" in which Halleck gave his name, his occupation as engineer, his address as San Francisco, and his branches of interest as engineering and mining. In the notes section, Halleck gives a brief...

GLC07321

A Philosophical Enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Sixth edition, printed by J. Dodsley in London. Signed on the title page by James Wilson and Bird Wilson. This was an influential eighteenth century English tract on aesthetics.

GLC07322

to Kittie

A personal letter to his cousin in the Brookfield township region of upstate New York. Describes an attack on President Andrew Johnson in Indianapolis on or about 10 September 1866, and a subsequent melee. "The president... retired in disgust. As...

GLC07323

To Our Fellow Citizens of the United States.

Quotes a Philadelphia newspaper article that characterizes opposition to War of 1812 discussed at a Quaker meeting as treason. The Quakers charge that the article is both false and a fabrication. They claim that political subjects are not discussed...

GLC07331

[Signatures of persons authorized to sign Confederate Treasury notes]

Confederate Treasurer Elmore sends a list of 19 signatures that appear on Confederate Treasury notes. Clerically signed by "Taylor" on behalf of Elmore; with actual signatures of R. L. Delaney, C. C. Thayer, E. L. Massie, R. McRae, Thomas J. Miller...

GLC07332

[Muster roll for Troop G, 10th Cavalry]

Signed by P. Ludwell Lee, Captain of Troop G, 10th Cavalry, as a witness. Lists the names of members of Troop G, including their dates of enlistment and discharge, if applicable. Covers the period from 30 April 1872-30 June 1872. Created at Rush...

GLC07333.01

[Muster roll, Company E, 24th Regiment]

Signed by Clous as Captain of Company E, 24th Regiment. Signed by H. F. Leggett, First Lieutenant of the 24th Infantry, as a witness. Signed by Major H. [Chairman?] as inspector and mustering officer of the 24th Infantry. Lists the names of...

GLC07333.02

[Muster Roll, Company G, 9th Cavalry]

Signed by Frank Mills, 2nd Lieutenant of Company G, 24th Infantry Regiment. Signed by E. D. [Diminick?], 1st Lieutenant of Company G, 9th Cavalry, as a witness. Includes the names and signatures (or mark) of soldiers in Company G. Muster roll for...

GLC07333.03

[Final statement and pay voucher for Abraham Hill, 10th Cavalry]

Signed by Norvell as Captain of the 10th Cavalry. Final statement of Abraham Hill, an African American private in Captain S. J. Norvell's company. States that Hill was enlisted 12 September 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware, to serve for five years....

GLC07334.01

Items related to the military service of Philip G. Gains, 9th Cavalry [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC07334.02

Items related to the military service of Martin Sterling, Company E, 24th Regiment [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC07334.03

to Lieutenant of Berkeley County

Virginia Governor Jefferson tells the "County Lieutenant of Berkeley" that men having been deserting from the French army and navy in America and instructs him to give orders to apprehend any possible foreign deserters at the ferry crossings in...

GLC07335

New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 933, no. 80 (May 19, 1735)]

Argues for the education of "women of quality." States several reasons why education should be more available to women: a woman's domestic lifestyle is better suited learning than a man's lifestyle and women's natural gift of speech can be put to...

GLC07336

Reading manuscript of a presidential speech re: relations with Nicaragua

A manuscript written in large letters, welcoming Luis Molina, Minister of Nicaragua.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861,
p. 286

GLC07519.01

to Isaac Markens re: enclosing a piece of Lincoln manuscript

"I am enclosing to you a piece of Lincoln mss which is not exciting but is characteristic. It was no doubt held in President Lincoln's hand when making the address to Mr. Molina..."

GLC07519.02

to Ginery Twichell re: accepting hospital supplies for wounded soldiers

The supplies came from the Boston area. Accepted 2 weeks before Antietam.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 415 - 416.

GLC07520

to Edwin M. Stanton re: reversing paymaster appointment

Accompanied by Richard O'Neill, ALS, Washington, to Charles O'Neill, 2/19/1886.

GLC07521

To the American Embassy in Tokyo from Franklink Roosevelt

Tite from mount. The photograph depicts FDR looking up from a document, with a pen in his hand. See similar photograph GLC04675.06, unnamed recipient, dated ca. 1935. (This copy has liquid damage.)

GLC07527

First address to Congress re: death of Roosevelt and his legacy in Europe

"The Laws of God and Man have been violated and the guilty must not go unpunished." Typed document reproduced by an offset process. Signed on page 4.

GLC07529

to Samuel Washington re: death of brother Charles, Samuel's father

"By this event, you have become the guardian of your mother; and... the father, of your father's family; and by care, industry & sobriety will endeavor I hope to merit the appellation of one."

GLC07530

to Thomas Parker re: Washington's land in the Northwest Territory

Written one month before his death.

GLC07531

to Lord Germain

Despite the fact that "the Commander in Chief...shall not oppose the reviving Civil Government" for the purpose of meeting "the Rebels on the Ground taken up by General Washington in...the Capitulation of York Town," General Clinton, writing on...

GLC07534

to Edwin Stanton

Major General Halleck writes to Secretary of War Stanton, describing a problem of military rank: Brigadier Generals William Sherman, John Pope, U.S. Grant, Samuel Curtis, Stephen A. Hurlbut, and others refuse to serve under each other because they...

GLC07538

[Presidential proclamation requiring potential insurgents against the Embargo Act at Lake Champlain to disperse peaceably]

Countersigned by James Madison. With white paper seal. In an effort to enforce the Embargo Act in New England, Jefferson warns all who do not disperse that officers will be ordered to "subdue such insurrections or combinations, to seize upon all...

GLC07541

to Ralph Site

Fulfills a request for a prospectus of the course of study available at Washington College, where Lee served as president. In a letter on the verso of the printed prospectus, Lee comments that he was obliged for Site's 1859 report to the Ohio...

GLC07542

to David Stuart

Washington thanks Stuart for his observations on the fitness of the Potomac for the fur trade with China. Asks if Stuart has informed Colonel John Fitzgerald and Colonel Howe of his observations and inquires if he gave them reason to believe those...

GLC07546

Deed for sale of land

One document dated April 2, 1834. An agreement between James Cox, his wife Nancy and Matthew S. Marsh and Charles Clark. The agreement is for the sale of land from the Cox's to Marsh and Clark for five-hundred and seventy-five dollars. This document...

GLC07514

Document relating to trespassing and damage claims

Legal document. From Lincoln's first law partnership, in the case of Anderson, Beel and Anderson v. Patterson and Patterson.

GLC07515

Legal documents: motion filed, with instructions to jury [decimalized]

Legal documents. Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore."

GLC07516

Motion filed in case of Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon

Motion "in arrest of Judgment" (an appeal) on grounds of jury convicting on wrong definition of adultery. Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."

GLC07516.01

Instructions to the jury in Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon

Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."

GLC07516.02

to W.W.R. Woodbury & Wm. Fithian re: legal advice in case of Doctor's estate

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858,
p. 210

GLC07517

to James Hillhouse re: amendments to Constitution

Madison writes a detailed critique of amendments proposed by Senator Hillhouse of Connecticut. Hillhouse, a former Federalist, proposed the amendments first in 1808 and published them in 1830. He proposed eliminating the Electoral College and...

GLC07523

to Robley Dunglison re: his failing health, University of Virginina

Written in the hand of Dolley Madison.

GLC07524

to Eliza Lee re: sending large lock of James Madison's hair on day of his death

Note reading "James Madison's Hair" with the date. It appears to be written on the address panel of letter (not present). The large lock of hair is colored mostly gray and blond.

GLC07525

to John Nicholson re: transmitting a letter in French

"The enclosed letter sent me by Mr. Lazenove will give you an opportunity of exercising and displaying your knowledge..."

GLC07526

to Constance Von Stumm re: condolence letter to daughter of deceased friend

Mentions "movement for honesty and fair dealing in American life".

GLC07528

to Samuel Latham Mitchill

Adams in retirement to Mitchill, a well-known scientist from New York City. Their correspondence deals with archeological findings. From the docket they are discussing "Babylonian bricks." Asks when a monument to Daniel, the Biblical prophet, was...

GLC07532

to William Smith Shaw

Former President Adams discusses Native American and African religion with Shaw, his nephew and former private secretary. States "Dr. Jarvis has assigned some good causes of the too general inattention to the religion of the indians. But those...

GLC07533

[Commission authorizing Henry Clinton's additional powers as General and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in North America]

Countersigned by George Germain. Contains a note indicating the commission was recorded with the Secretary of War. Paper seal intact. Accompanied by an engraving of George III from a later date (see GLC07536.02).

GLC07536.01

to Stephen Van Rensselaer

Indicates that he has heard news of Virginia's ratification of the Constitution and offers his congratulations. He had been worried about the consequences for the country had Virginia not ratified. Believes the adoption in Virginia will have a...

GLC07537

to Samuel Hodgdon

During the Quasi war with France, Major General Hamilton writes to the Superintendent of Military Stores Hodgdon, in anticipation of greater hostilities. Requests a supply of marquees and tents, as he plans to set out for camp at Scotch Plains, New...

GLC07539

to [Philip Mazzei] re: Monticello and family; debts

A lengthy discussion of debts, currency, interest bearing certificates and the assumption of state debts by the Federal Government. Mentions Mr. Blair, Edmund Randloph, Mr. Foster, George Nicholls. Jefferson offers to forgive the debt of Mr...

GLC07540

to unknown

Writes that he deeply regrets not having gone to the theatre with President Lincoln as he was asked to. Also feels that his habit of constant vigilance may have prevented Lincoln's murder. States that he will give a speech on President Lincoln in...

GLC07543