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(Boston Covenant). Calling for cessation of all trade with Great Britain
1774/06
Blank form, leaving empty the name of the town. Calls for a complete cessation of trade with Britain until repeal of the Boston Port Bill.
GLC04071
Liberty of speech, and of the press: a charge to the grand juries of the county courts of the fifth circuit of the state of Pennsylvania
January 1799
Addison, Alexander, 1759-1807
Article by Alexander Addison supporting the Sedition Act. Document is ripped along the side.
GLC04072
Direct Tax
1807
Broadside on New Hampshire taxation regarding the Louisiana Purchase. Concerns the cost of the Louisiana purchase, with a table showing the proportionate cost per county of the $15 million bill, and describing how the Embargo Act makes it difficult...
GLC04073
The County election [hand colored engraving, mezzotint and roulette by Sartain]
1854
Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879
GLC04074
Stump Speaking
1856
Text underneath image reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Geo C. Bingham Esq. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York." Text underneath title reads, "This...
GLC04075
Extract from minutes of Congress to suppress dangerous correspondence
1778/06/17
United States. Continental Congress.
GLC04079
to George Wood
25 June 1864
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Thanks Wood for sending a letter written by Secretary of State William H. Seward concerning a petition for government aid in constructing an overland international telegraph line. Remarks upon the rapid progress of the telegraph throughout the world...
GLC04080
Proclamation
1 May 1862
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Institutes "the administration of Law Martial" in New Orleans, two days after it was surrendered to the Union. Terms include respect for the United States flag, punishment for aiding Confederates, harsh treatment for crimes against Federal...
GLC04081
to John W. Ellis
1861/05/31
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
GLC04082
to Oliver Sarony
28 September 1888
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Encloses a check for a photograph taken by Sarony. Sherman calls the photograph "exactly right" and says he will have it framed to place with photos of General Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan.
GLC04084
6th plate ambrotype, cased
1864 ca.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
GLC04085
to Archibald Stuart
February 3, 1854
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 1833-1864
Complains to his father that Congress does not adequately support the military. Written as a student at West Point, states that the military appropriations bill may not pass, and upset military spending is always the first place the "watch-dogs of...
GLC04086
Scene at Balloon Camp, Gaines' Hill
1862/06/01
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Photograph of Prof. Lowe's balloon ascent during battle of Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Va.
GLC04087
[Carte de visite of Raphael Semmes]
1861
Charles D. Fredricks & Co.
Shown in civilian clothing. Taken in Nassau, Bahamas with arm on flag. Publisher imprint on verso.
GLC04089
The battle of Fort Sumter and first victory of the Southern troops
Details the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter. Though no author is listed, the accounts are "compiled chiefly from the detailed reports of the Charleston Press." South Carolina state flag, and one of the state mottoes, "Animis Opibusque...
GLC04090
[Carte de visite of Abraham Lincoln]
1864
Wenderoth, & Taylor, fl. 1861-1864
With three-cent cancelled tax stamp on the back. Possibly a contemporary copy?
GLC04091
[Lincoln assassination reward poster]
20 April 1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000)...
GLC04092
[Demarcation bull, granting Spain possession of lands discovered by Columbus]
4 May 1493
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Broadside entitled "Copia de la bula del decreto y concession q[ue] hizo el papa / Alexandro sexto al Rey y la Reyna nuestros senores de las Indias conforme al capitu." A unique copy of the second version possibly printed at Valladolio, by Francisco...
GLC04093
to Lieutenant Horn
4 April 1865
Venable, Charles S., 1827-1900
Venable, aid to General Robert E. Lee, instructs Horn to destroy a bridge and make his way to Amelia Court House.
GLC04095
Several conferences between... the Quakers...and.. the six Indian nations
1756
GLC04098
Minutes of conferences, held with the Indians, at Harris's Ferry...
1757
B. Franklin and D. Hall (Firm)
Printed by Franklin and Hall. Treaty negotations were held March - May, 1757.
GLC04100
Collection of election tokens and tintype [Decimalized .01-.07]
1860, 1864
3 tokens from 1860 with Hamlin & Lincoln, 1 from 1860 with Douglas & Johnson, 1 from 1860 with Bell & Everett, 1 from 1864 with Lincoln and Johnson, and 1 unframed tintype (?) of Lincoln c. 1864.
GLC04102
to Thomas Ward re: Republic of Texas politics, his removal from office, land
1845/03/10
Reily, James, fl. 1841-1846
GLC04104
Directing Chief Justice Colorado County Court, Republic of Texas
1845/07/08
Russell, William, fl. 1816
Docketed on address leaf.
GLC04105
to Manning Force
16 April 1847
Force, Charles F., 1826-1883
Writes to his brother about the death of his commander, a childhood friend of Manning's. Discusses the bad food, small rations, scarcity of paper and the hope for war's end. Mentions that there are five soldiers waiting for him to finish writing...
GLC04107
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