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to Henry D. Gilpin

The letter discusses electoral politics. Written from Martin Van Buren's estate, Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York.

GLC00655.05

to unknown

Gives the county official voting results for electoral candidates Martin Van Buren and Hugh L. White. The votes were 1695 to 1200 respectively.

GLC00655.06

to B. Tappin

William Henry Harrison asks Tappin to send more lime for use in the construction of an aqueduct for Harrison's distillery.

GLC00655.08

to George C. Whiting

Franklin Pierce discusses the pension for the widow of Navy Commander Samuel Larkin. He mentions testimony given on the cause of his death which showed that Larkin contracted the disease while on duty in Africa. Paper watermarked "Joynson/1856."...

GLC00655.09

to James Campbell

James Buchanan writes to U.S. Postmaster General Campbell regarding his decision to delay the appointment of a postmaster for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for political reasons. Date "17" was overwritten on "16." Docketed as 16th. Written as a candidate...

GLC00655.10

to Frank A. Hilton

Letter written in response to a request for an autographed letter written by his son, Ulysses S. Grant. He writes, "I have no letter from him written for such a purpose..." He also gives a brief history of the family and concerning his son he states...

GLC00655.12

to Edward Oliver Wolcott

William McKinley writes to Colorado senator, Edward Oliver Wolcott, regarding international bimetallism. Bimetallism is the use of silver and gold as a standard of currency. McKinley initially favored international bimetallism, but when the British...

GLC00655.16

to William H. Riding

Discusses an article Cleveland writes for the Youth Companion about what should the government do with ex-Presidents. He writes, "This subject, I think was suggested by me. I have thought of it a great deal and have gone so far as to make a start in...

GLC00655.18

to G. C. Hutcherson

Franklin D. Roosevelt thanks G. C. Hutcherson for his support and for his work in Indiana. He states that he is pleased others believe him worthy of a higher office. Letter written as New York State Governor on stationery, and addressed to Mr. G. C...

GLC00655.19

to John Sherman

Helper, a Unionist and anti-slavery North Carolinian, writes to Sherman, an Ohio congressman, about his opposition to slavery as a "Southern Republican." He discusses his controversial book, 'The Impending Crisis of the South.' He writes "For good or...

GLC00657

Collection of documents related to the estate of Button Gwinnett [Decimalized]

GLC00658

[Indenture with Joseph and William Gibbons]

Settles an old claim against the Gwinnett estate in Georgia and states that title to the land in question will be given to Joseph Gibbons. Noted on verso that the document was recorded in the clerk's office, Chatham County, Georgia.

GLC00658.01

to V. McBlair

Instructions on how to write to her husband, Captain William McBlair, while he is at sea off the African coast. George Clymer was a U.S. Naval surgeon.

GLC00722.57

[Appointment of Oscar George Foellinger as Hoover's agent and attorney in Indiana]

Witnessed by "B.J. Nash" and "George Akerm." Foellinger was to help Hoover enter the Indiana primary for the Presidential election of 1928. Atypically signs his full name, "Herbert Clark Hoover."

GLC00728

[Check payable to Woodword & Lathrop for $6.70]

Check no. 14. Drawn on Riggs & Co. Cleared 19 June 1890.

GLC00733.02

Managers of the House of Representatives of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

A composite picture by Brady with signatures of Benjamin F. Butler, James F. Wilson, Thaddeus Stevens, George S. Boutwell, Thomas Williams, John A. Logan and John Armour Bingham. These men were elected by the House to serve as managers of the...

GLC00734

[Presidential pardon of Edward Stevenson who had been convicted in Massachusetts in May 1858 of counterfeiting].

Edward Stevenson was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he had served out his sentence, but was unable to pay his fine he remained incarcerated. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00741

Pardon of Miguel Lujan (c/s Homer S. Cummings [AG])

Pardon restoring civil rights. Pleaded guilty to importing sotol; pardoned since he was unable to pay the fine.

GLC00743

[Pardon of Patrick Neady for an unspecified felony]

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Neady had been convicted in Washington in December 1817. Pardoned after the jury and the judge in the case recommended mercy.

GLC00744

to Samuel Griffith

George Washington discusses his uncertainty as to whether he is fit to be the school's Chancellor. Also mentions Presidency of William and Mary College.

GLC00745

to Benjamin Rush

John Adams writes concerning his and George Washington's administrations by referring to those "melancholly books" such as "Tully's Memoirs" and "Cicero's Life" from which he compares the first and second triumvirates to Hamilton's "Schemes, to get...

GLC00747

to William McBlair

Report against Clement Brooke for drunken behavior. Written on board the U.S.S. "Dale" off Goree Island, Senegal.

GLC00722.49

to William McBlair

Letter with McBlair's autograph endorsement signed at the bottom, regarding the injury caused by confinement at sea. Letter reports that Henry O. Jennings and William Bainbridge have been ordered by a court martial to be confined in cells for eight...

GLC00722.50

to William McBlair

Letter to McBlair listing the provisions on board the U.S.S. "Dale." The letter is a "Statement of provisions required for 116 person for sixty days and the quantity now on hand." Notes how many pounds of bread, beef, coffee, whiskey and other...

GLC00722.51

to William McBlair

Conover orders McBlair to receive two prisoners for transport to the United States. McBlair is to transport Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf back to the United States. Both were discharged from the Navy for "Bad Conduct." Letter written on...

GLC00722.52

to William McBlair

Forwarding papers describing the sentences of Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf. Both men had been discharged from the Navy for bad conduct. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Vincennes" at Porto Praya. Benjamin J. Totten, the commander of the...

GLC00722.53

Case of Fredk Breckendorf, seaman

Breckendorf was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged after being found with marine drummer boy Edwin Donnohoe "under improper and suspicious circumstance." He was also placed in solitary confinement for thirty days for his "scandalous conduct...

GLC00722.54

to William McBlair

Totten ordering McBlair to receive two prisoners, and to exchange drummer boys. He informs McBlair that he will receive on his ship "the men Connor and Breckendorf, sentenced by Summary Court Martial to be discharged from the Naval Services." He also...

GLC00722.55

to William McBlair

Transmitting the "Size Roll, & Clothing Account of Drummer" Edwin Donnohoe. Donnohoe was being transferred to McBlair's ship because of his improper involvement with a sailor on board his previous ship. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Vincennes"...

GLC00722.56

to V. McBlair

Writing to his wife, discusses attempts to catch a slave trader, life at sea, family matters, and religion. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Dale" at sea.

GLC00722.58

to V. McBlair

Letter to his wife discussing life at sea and his visit to Liberia. Upon arrival in Liberia, McBlair's ship "Dale" gives the young nation a twenty-one gun salute. In Monrovia, the Liberian capital, McBlair meets with President Benson and former...

GLC00722.59

to V. McBlair

Writing to his wife, he discusses British pressure regarding American suppression of the slave trade, as well as his daily operations at sea, family affairs, and religion. He hopes to return to the United States by the first of December and believes...

GLC00722.60

to V. McBlair

Writing to his wife, he discusses the route for his voyage to the Canary Islands, his thoughts on religion and scripture, and the future of their children. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Dale" at sea.

GLC00722.61

to V. McBlair

To his wife discussing naval life and family matters. He discusses his movements and activities at sea. He notes that some Liberians misspell their names, including a young boy he has taken on board the ship to help for a time. He states that he is...

GLC00722.62

to V. McBlair

To his wife, discussing family and life at sea. He has received small gifts of gold jewelry for his family from a local governor and a native chief. He hopes he will return home in May, and says the weather has cooled recently. Letter written on...

GLC00722.63

to V. McBlair

To his wife, discussing attendance at state dinners and a Liberian church service. He enjoys the state dinners, and does his best to create good will with other nations. He enjoys the church service, though much of it feels very foreign to him. He...

GLC00722.64

to V. McBlair

To his wife, discussing his dislike of the British, the death of a United States Consul in Sierra Leone by "homicide," and the island of Goree, a former center of the African slave trade. He states he is "Anti-Anglais," calling the British "National...

GLC00722.65

English account of the capture of the H. M. Brig Alacrity

A handwritten excerpt from William James' "Naval History of Great Britain, Volume V," giving an account of the capture of the British brig "Alacrity" by the French brig "Abeille," which occurred on 26 May 1811 near Corsica. James describes the...

GLC00722.66

to William McBlair

Thanking the officers of the "Dale" for help acquiring "a situation," thanks to "a friendly recommendation." Irving, according to the docket, was a sailmaker. Docket may be in McBlair's hand. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Dale," at sea.

GLC00722.67

to William McBlair

Barclay recommends finding a harbor as soon as possible. He says the crew is worn down by a long voyage and inclement weather, and there are not enough supplies to provide for them. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Dale," at sea. Barclay was the...

GLC00722.68

to William McBlair

Discussing events at Saint Helena since McBlair left. A friendly letter, sent via Captain Goodridge of the U.S.S. "Hazard." Name of the signer is illegible.

GLC00722.69

to William McBlair

Sends letters and information, and thanks McBlair for a dog given as a gift. Letter written from Saint George's Castle, also known as Elmina Castle, a former prison and center of the African slave trade. Name of signer is illegible.

GLC00722.70

to Edward L. Winder

Stating that Captain McBlair has given permission for a sick man to be given medical treatment aboard the ship. Offers to pay for anything the man requires. Appears to be signed with the name "Mace." Written on half sheet. Probably written after June...

GLC00722.71

Commanders Stationery for the U. S. Sloop War "Dale"

A list of the stationery items belonging to the captain of the U.S.S. "Dale," including envelopes, letters and other items.

GLC00722.72

Check and three prints pertaining to Gerrit Smith [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC00723

To the People of Hardy County.

Created by Hardy County, Virginia, citizens and officials including S. H. Alexander, J. W. F. Allen, George Fisher, A. A. Inskeep, Samuel McMechen, George McNeill, John C. B. Mullin, A. H. Scott, Alfred Taylor, Joseph Vanmeter, William C. Vanmeter, F...

GLC00724

Journal of the Convention of 1860-61.

Proceedings of South Carolina's secession convention issued only to the members of the convention. Concerns the secession of other states, General G. T. Beauregard's proposed defense of Charleston, and the roll call of all the delegates. Printed...

GLC00726

ANS to Gen. Seth Williams with large photograph

GLC00731

[Albumen portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock]

One undated half-length portrait of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock in Union uniform.

GLC00731.01

to Seth Williams

Written in pencil, on note stationery. Union General Hancock, commanding the Middle Military Division and the Department of West Virginia, informs General Williams "I have possession of the two guns, making 20 in all." Note written several days after...

GLC00731.02

Abraham Lincoln cartes-de-visite (2)

.1= Portrait: "Abe Lincoln/Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking/ W. Duke Son & co., NY. .2= President and Cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863).

GLC00732

Collection of 3 legal documents with W.S. Hancock photograph [decimalized]

GLC00733

[Deed of trust for land sale in St. Louis]

Partially printed deed with blanks filled in by hand. Cosigned by Hancock's wife Almira Russell Hancock and Adaline Russell (possibly Almira's sister) as sellers. Also signed by John F. Lee as a buyer (Thomas T. Turner, Trustee for Elizabeth W...

GLC00733.01

[Promissory note for $104]

Cosigned by Adaline Russell (possibly Hancock's sister). Payable to Thomas T. Turner, Trustee (see GLC00733.01). Drawn upon Lucas Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. The amounts owed to trusts Turner was in charge of are specified by Turner on the verso...

GLC00733.03

Cabinet card portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock

Unsigned, identified on back

GLC00733.04

Photo of William T. Sherman, inscribed to Mr and Mrs Hopkins

Signed on front mount and inscribed on mount verso. Mrs. Hopkins' father, Henry Augustus Wise met Sherman in California in 1847. See WTS's Memoirs I:18, 24.

GLC00735

Carte de visite of Schuyler Colfax, signed

Published by Anthony from the Brady negative. Nearly full-length standing portrait . (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)

GLC00736

The last moments of John Brown

Etching on vellum, based on Hovenden's 1884 painting depicting John Brown kissing a black baby while on his way to the gallows. The painting was based on an incident reported in the New York Tribune, that later proved to be apocryphal. Printed by...

GLC00737

[Mourning ribbon]

Silk ribbon mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln with bold black print that appears above and below a portrait of Lincoln. The print above the portrait reads "we mourn" below the portrait, "a father slain".

GLC00738

[Mourning ribbon]

White silk mourning ribbon with printed shield and small metal frame containing Lincoln photograph. Printed photograph measures 2.5 x 2 cm.

GLC00739

[Appointment of Richard Varick, Mayor of New York]

Appointment of Varick to the positions of Mayor, Water Bailiff, and Clerk of the Market. Includes large pendant seal attached with ribbon. Modern mounting.

GLC00740

Collection -- includes GLC#740-751 [decimalized]

GLC00740.001

Emancipation Proclamation [California printing, Cheesman copy]

One of three color lithographic broadsides. Printed by L. Nagel and copyright by "F.S. Butler, 1864." Presented to Lincoln for signing by David Williams Cheesman. Signed on back: "Property of Mrs. Maria Cheesman/ Phoenix/ Oregon." See Eberstadt,...

GLC00742

to Edwin M. Stanton

"Hon Mr. Wadsworth of Ky. wishes five hundred arms for reasons which he will explain to you. Unless you know some strong objection, please let him have them. Yours truly, A. Lincoln."

GLC00746

to L. J. Cist

L. J. Cist replies to a letter initially directed to Representative Henry Taylor Blow of Missouri requesting Lincoln's autograph for the benefit of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. In response, President Lincoln writes "I am glad to give it, in...

GLC00749

[Authorization to affix United States seal to a treaty]

President Lincoln authorizes Secretary of State William H. Seward to affix the United States Seal to a treaty between the United States and Britain. States the Treaty, signed 1 July 1863, settles the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound...

GLC00750

to Daniel Hugunin, Jr.

Marked "private and inofficial" at the top of the page. Referring to trade between the United States and Great Britain, Secretary of State Clay informs Hugunin, a Representative from New York, that "sound policy requires that there should be the...

GLC00754

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Stafford, Martin Johnson and Andrew Melvin].

GLC00757

to John Rodgers

The Secretary of the Navy informs Commodore Rodgers that war has been declared against Great Britain, officially starting the War of 1812. Indicates that Rodgers is entitled to use his four vessels for attack and defense. Asks him to await further...

GLC00758

to Susan Decatur

Andrew Jackson rejects Susan Decatur's request and dismisses her complaints firmly but politely. Decatur had asked the President to install an acquaintance of hers in a governmental position. He refuses to do so, saying he needs the best man to do...

GLC00762

Letterbook of outgoing correspondence with memoirs of military

Containing pressed copies of Lansing's letters and an account of his military career, pp. 73-78 (5/19/1882). These include military letters as clerk in the Depot Quarter Master Dept (1870s), business letters and family letters to his brother Abraham...

GLC00768.02

to Benjamin Rush

Adams had returned from France, and comments upon the importance of having an American in Paris "who knows somewhat of the affairs of America, as well as Europe...." Letter also mentions the fight for independence and French negotiations.

GLC00748

to Governor Francis W. Pickens

Written to South Carolina's governor, Pickens in response to Pickens concerns about the city of Charleston. Lee writes in part, "The loss of Charleston would cut us off almost entirely from communication with the rest of the world and close the only...

GLC00751

Peace Congress, Versailles 1919, Session of 28 June 1919: Agenda. Signature of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany

Printed souvenir program signed by Wilson, Lansing, Balfour and others, including Paderewski (Polish premier and pianist) and the new leaders of the new nations of Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia.

GLC00752

[Act of Assembly constituting a Council of Safety]

Written by Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as speaker of the New Jersey Assembly. Also signed by Stevens as Vice President of the New Jersey Assembly. Establishes a committee of safety to govern New Jersey during the Revolutionary...

GLC00753

An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.

Sets the federal budget for the year at $1,589,044.72. Lists the salaries to be paid to members and employees of government, the amount of their expenses, such as stationary, to be covered, and other costs of the federal government, such as the...

GLC00755

to Lewis M. Hays

Encloses a draft for $100 (not present). States he did not receive Hays' letter dated October 12th until yesterday as he was out of town.

GLC00756

Constitution of the Confederate States of America

First printing, signed by Howell Cobb, President of the Constitutional Congress at end. Parrish & Willingham 8 is a variant with space for signing by Cobb, for private distribution (cf. Parrish 1)

GLC00759

to Capt. John Lestor

Written on blue lined paper. The letter discusses the annexation of Texas and California. Letter written to Captain John Lestor of Baltimore.

GLC00760

to Sarah B. Seddon

Sends news home to his wife from wartime Richmond. He comments on working with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He laments recent military engagements in Mississippi under generals John Pemberton and Joseph E. Johnston. Notes his anxiety about...

GLC00761

Cabinet photograph of Andrew Johnson, signed on mount

Background and clothing have been painted. Seated portrait.

GLC00763

to Miss S. H. Fiske

E. G. Fiske writes to his sister concerning Indian problems. Discusses Texas and the capture of Santa Anna.

GLC00765

to William Johnson

Richard Peters writes to the British commissioner about Northern Indian Affairs in upper New York. He discusses Indian tribes and Connecticut's attempt to get a new grant from the King. He concludes: "I most heartily congratulate You in the Surrender...

GLC00766

American Law Journal : vol. V. : being the second in a new series

Signed by John Marshall three times. Once on the main title page and once on the title page of each pamphlet. Includes printings of Thomas Jefferson's, "The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in Maintaining the Public to the Beach...

GLC00767

[Collection of 2 documents pertaining to Herman Melville.] [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00768

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.

First edition of Melville's only book of poetry. Inscribed on inital blank facing the titlepage: "Major Edward Y. Lansing from H. Melville. As a souvenir of his soldier hospitality at the cavalry camp in the Virginia woods, April 1864." Also...

GLC00768.01

Act for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties...in America...

The Stamp Act. Paginated 499-520 + unpaginated title page.

GLC00769

to Henry L. Benning

Cobb, former President of the Confederate Provisional Congress, requests Supreme Court reports from Benning, Confederate General and former Georgia State Supreme Court Justice. Bitterly discusses legal property cases during reconstruction, claiming...

GLC00771

to Benjamin Franklin Butler and George Gordon Meade

Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, writes to Generals Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, and Butler, commander of Army of the James. Grant praises General Philip Henry Sheridan on his victory in the Battle of Fisher's Hill...

GLC00772

to Elizabeth Schuyler

Hamilton begins a dramatic love letter to his fiancée with, " I have told you, and I told you truly that I love you too much . . . I meet you in every dream. . . I am to be thus monopolized by a little nut brown maid like you and from a Statesman and...

GLC00773

to his father

A Confederate captain in an ordnance unit tells his father about Civil War activities in Arkansas and Missouri. He comments on the arrival of Union General David Hunter with 36,000 soldiers. He discusses the strength and position of Confederate...

GLC00653.07

to Catharine Macaulay

Gordon seeks Macaulay's help in writing a history of the Revolution. He planned a contemporaneous account of the Revolution, which he claims is authorized by Washington. Letter written in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, formerly part of Roxbury...

GLC01791.01

to Catharine Macaulay

Refers to the present dangerous affairs due to British barbarity. Alludes to "the Bravery of the peasants of Lexington." Describes the investment of a colonial army led by Washington and the beginnings of a representative government in Massachusetts...

GLC01800.02

to James Madison

Dates letter Thursday. Discusses President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress on 4 December 1827 and comments that it did not move her either negatively or positively. Observes that some may be critical of it because he...

GLC01812

to James Madison

Responds to a letter from Madison in which he told Gerry that Parliament had abolished the Courts of Session in Middlesex. Gerry considers the news "laughable." In a long note after his signature he comments on the popularity of a certain Mrs...

GLC01814

to John Thompson Hoffman

President Grant transmits a copy of a treaty (not included) signed 8 May 1871 between the United States and Great Britain to Hoffman, Governor of New York. Informs Hoffman of shared American and British use of waterways, stating that "It is...

GLC01817

[Presidential authority to the secretary of state to affix the seal to a warrant remitting the sentences of Henry Walsh and James S. Gregory].

Walsh and Gregory were being held in the Albany County, New York, Penitentiary and, in reference to the warrant, their "sentences were remitted "on the condition therein prescribed."

GLC01819

[Appointment of Ormsby M. Mitchel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]

Signed by Abraham Lincoln as president; countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, and endorsed by Lorenzo Thomas as Adjutant General on 7 February 1862. On verso, contains a note in pencil relating that this document was given to a...

GLC01821

Collection of items related to John Hay, letter and two photographs [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC01822

[Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette].

A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs...

GLC01826