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to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Mentions John Payne, B[ryan] McDonough and George Davis, all of whom worked for the American Consulate.

GLC02794.164

to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Mentions John Payne's diplomatic activities.

GLC02794.165

Copy of letter to Edward Fettyplan [?] re: Smith's status as slave in Algiers

Notation on first page: "Copy of a letter received Septr 30th 1812." "Be not astonished!! for alas! it is too true, that I am now addressing you as a Slave in Algiers . . . . I think that all differences will be adjusted between G[reat] B[ritain],...

GLC02794.167

Spanish account listing ships and losses at battle of Trafalger [in Spanish]

First page is the "State of the squads that battled on 21 October 1805 at S.C. Cadiz, seven leagues distant from the said port." Second page is the "State of the English squads after the battle with the Combinada on the 21st of October." [Cataloger...

GLC02794.172

Receipt of ransom for American prisoners [in Arabic with English translation]

"We hereby acknowledge & have received from the hands of Col: Tobias Lear the full sum of sixty thousand dollars mentioned as Ransom for two hundred Americans, in the Treaty of Peace." Notation on second page: "Translation."

GLC02794.173

[in Arabic]

GLC02794.174

to unknown re: humorous anecdote regarding servants' antics in Algiers

GLC02794.175

Miscellaneous itemized list of goods and prices

GLC02794.176

"Demention [sic] of a Thrashing Machine"

Detailed description of James Tod's threshing machine.

GLC02794.177

Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica

Also authored by Lou Henry Hoover. Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 and published by the Mining Magazine, Salisbury House, London, England. Inscribed by Hoover to Edwin A. Elsbach. De Re Metallica or "On the Nature of Metals" was...

GLC02796

to Benjamin Knight

Printed circular letter to collectors of the customs. Requests a statement of the amount of specie imported and exported through the station for the last three months. Hereafter the collector is to make weekly reports of these amounts: "Those...

GLC02797

to William Graham

In this long, personal letter, Foster, a newly minted lawyer and former secretary to Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812, gets reacquainted with Graham, a childhood friend. Reflects nostalgically at the "halcyon days" of their youth and looks...

GLC02800

to William Graham

Foster expresses his enduring friendship for Graham, though the two have not seen each other in years. Discusses Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians, their surrender, and other local news.

GLC02801

to William Graham

Foster discusses a campaign against the Creek Indians, led by Andrew Jackson, in which he was a participant. Discusses the "unlawful pretensions" of the British, demands that Americans "must be as safe abroad as at home," and hopes the War of 1812...

GLC02802

to William Graham

Talks about the "glorious & transporting news" of Andrew Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which would prove to be the effective end of the Creek War. Exalts over "the true Genl. Jackson," and his success...

GLC02804

Charge Of Mr. Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States...

Title continues: "...Given On The Fourteenth Day Of November, 1859, To The Grand Jury Of The Sixth Circuit Court." A copy of Wayne's statements charging the members of a Grand Jury in the Sixth Circuit Court in the Southern District of Georgia....

GLC02807

Journal of the Second Session [of the U.S. Senate]

Each printed by John Fenno. With bookplates of John Rutherford (Senator -- NJ) Four volumes as follows: (1) Senate. 1st Cong. 2d Sess (New-York; with p.222-224 misprinted as "122-124"); (2) Senate. 2d Cong. 1st Sess. (Phila.; with p.228...

GLC02808

[Signed engraving of John Quincy Adams]

Engraved by Nathaniel Dearborn, a Boston engraver. Depicts Adams late in life. With the following note on verso: "Mr. Adams' autograph by himself on the 3rd March 1842. Obtained at the request of Mr. Cross by Judge Underwood of Ky." Possibly...

GLC02809

MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11th. 1814.

Engraved and published by Tanner and printed by Rosner & Eskr. The defeat of the British at the Battle of Plattsburg thwarted Sir George Prevost's planned invasion of the United States through the Hudson Valley and strengthened the American...

GLC02810

Speech... delivered at the Cooper Institute, New York (Tribune Tracts no. 4)

1860 election campaign tract, Tribune Tracts #4, first edition. This pamphlet is the first printing of Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech made in New York the same year. Monaghan 30.

GLC02812

Speech of Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas

Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois. Replies to Judge Stephen Douglas's speech two weeks earlier on the subject of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Douglas had spoken in favor of the Dred Scott decision and Lincoln's...

GLC02813

to Martin P. Marshall

Writes to his nephew about his sister's accounts, investments, and personal financial business. Asks him to advise on an investment. Inquires as to Marshall's outcome in the polls in Kentucky.

GLC02814

[Announcement for reward for runaway "negro man servant" named Peter]

An announcement made by Bartlett, the second signer of the Declaration of Independence, regarding his runaway "Negro man servant Named Peter, aged about Twenty years, a short thick fellow, speaks good English, is pretty sensible and understands...

GLC02816

to Professor Etooever

Considers Gettysburg as the "turning point of the war" due to the accidents of the enemy rather than their own abilities.

GLC02817

Act of Congress re: continuance of loan

Signed as secretary to Congress.

GLC02818

Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana

Book is separated into the following sections: Acts passed by the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana at its Second Session. Held and begun in the city of Baton Rouge, on the 21st day of January, 1861. List of Acts and Resolutions passed by...

GLC02819

The Daily Citizen. [June 27, 1863]

This document is a copy of The Daily Citizen issued during the siege of Vicksburg, in Vicksburg. Reports on a new phase of the war with a rebel offensive movement. The document is indecipherable in places due to blurry typeset. Printed on splotchy...

GLC02820

to Samuel Jones

Writes as Brigadier General commanding the Confederate military prisons to Major General Samuel Jones as commander of the District of Florida regarding exchanging his brother, F.M. Imboden for a Union soldier, Captain Wilson French of the 17th...

GLC02824

[Appointment of Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army]

Partially printed document appointing doctor Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army. Signed by Seddon as Confederate Secretary of War. A note at the bottom orders Jones to report to the medical director of the...

GLC02825.01

Special order no. 70

Honorable discharge from the Confederate Army of doctor Alfred Jones, after his capture at Fort Donelson. Signed by Pickett as Assistant Adjutant General for General Hardee.

GLC02825.02

[Oath of allegiance to the United States for Alfred Jones, with Richard Johnson endorsement]

Jones signs partially printed document, pledging his allegiance to the United States of America. Also signed by Jonathan Sargent, Assistant Provost Marshall, Department of the Cumberland. Endorsement on verso, authorizing Jones to practice medicine...

GLC02825.03

[Internal revenue license to carry on business of physician for Alfred Jones]

Partially printed Internal Revenue License permitting Alfred Jones "to carry on the business of occupation of Physician." Valid for one year. Unsigned.

GLC02825.04

to Linton A. Stephens

Tells his brother not to worry about catching the mumps or measles. Says Linton might as well catch the mumps now, while it is so prevalent, and get it over with, since it can be easily and safely treated. Also mentions his plans to return home....

GLC02826

[Letters written by George A. Tittle while cruising the North Atlantic aboard the USS Kearsarge] [decimalized .01-.19]

Surgeon steward Tittle details the "Kearsarge's" 1862-1864 cruise, including her engagement with the CSS "Alabama." The USS "Kearsarge" eventually fought and sank the Confederate raider off the French coast on 19 June 1864. 19 letters divided into 2...

GLC02828

[Letters, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America] [decimalized .01-.18]

Written by the Allen brothers (Union naval officers) -- Joseph H., George D., and William B. -- to their sister Mary Mayberry with letters of William Oves and Frank McIntire. GLC02829.06 mentions the USS "Monitor." The Allen family was from...

GLC02829

[Collection of John D. O'Connell, 14th regiment, US army, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .58.03]

Letters cover 1861-63, and are primarily written to Mary H. Perkins. Collection includes 57 letters, 4 color printed cards, and 1 color print portrait.

GLC02830

[Civil War diaries of John D. O'Connell]

Three autograph manuscript diaries, two of which are signed. The first volume, covering 1865, is approximately 86 pages, totally written in ink; also features additional printed pages with calendars, stamp rates, and other information. Signed "O...

GLC02830.58

[Collection of William H. Alden, F company, 6th regiment, Iowa, cavalry] [Decimalized .01- .53]

Forty eight long letters written while on the Sully Expedition to put down the Sioux uprising, under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. Private Alden, a seventeen year old Iowan, wrote this first-hand account mostly to his family. He discusses hand to...

GLC02831

Photographic Views of Sherman's campaign [photograph album]

Mounted in a slightly later album book, rebacked.

GLC02833

Message of the President... to Congress relative to France and Great Britain

Compiled by Jefferson as Secretary of State, mostly relating to the Genet Affair. Printed for Matthew Carey.

GLC02835

Pardon of Robert Weaver (c/s Seward)

Convicted of larceny, pardoned due to immaturity.

GLC02838

Pardon of Edward Buckley, convicted of malicious trespass.

Convicted of malicious trespass; sentenced to pay a $25 fine and "...in default to serve 60 days..." imprisonment. Pardoned since he was innocent of the charges. (c/s F. W. Durand)

GLC02839

Five letters re: the Panama Canal [decimalized]

Five letters between John G. Walker, President of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and his friend Thomas Gibbons. Letters describe Walker's family and their mutual friends, as well as developments in the canal project. He discusses the ratification...

GLC02763

to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks Gibbons for a gift of cigars. Mentions that the commission is still waiting for a treaty with Colombia before they can proceed with the canal. Describes recent pleasant, warm weather which he appreciates because coal is difficult to obtain...

GLC02763.02

to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks Gibbons for the beautiful walking stick he mailed from Manila; declares, "It reached me just before my birthday and I consider it one of my birthday presents." Happy to hear that Gibbons moved to the U.S.S. Helena and will be with Captain...

GLC02763.03

to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks Gibbons for his gift of a smoking jacket as a "New Year's remembrance." Describes his enjoyable visit to the Isthmus during November and December. Discusses the new republic of Panama, recently declared independent from Colombia, and...

GLC02763.04

to Thomas Gibbons

Thanks him for the enclosed piece of needlework for Mrs. Walker. Mentions preparations to sail from New York to the Isthmus, to be gone for some weeks. Discusses the beginning of the Panama Canal construction project: "We are getting an...

GLC02763.05

[Appointment of Morris S. Miller to negotiate a treaty with the Seneca Indians of New York]

Countersigned by Calhoun as Secretary of War. Appointing Miller to make a treaty to obtain Seneca reservation land.

GLC02768

to Isaac Dutton Barnard, William Marks, John B. Steneger, D. M. Miller and J. B. Sutherland

In absence of recommendations for clemency from the prosecuting attorney and the judge who tried the case, Jackson asks for their recommendation if pardon should be granted to "Craig," a prisoner who was convicted 10 May 1830. Barnard and Marks were...

GLC02770

[Delay of execution of John Arthur Bowen].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, an enslaved person, had been convicted of an unspecified felony in the District of Columbia in November 1835, and sentenced to be hung on 26 February 1836. Because of "divers good and...

GLC02772