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to Campbell Brown
29 April 1885
Johnson, Badley T., 1829-1903
Doubts that Beauregard ever had a "lost order" at First Manassas. Believes that there was never a missing battle plan, as some have asserted.
GLC04015
Andersonville Prison, Georgia
1864
Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865
A colored, lithographic view of the prison and POWs, printed underneath is the description: "Numbers 1 and 2 comprise Andersonville Prison an area of 26 acres, nearly five acres of which was an uninhabitable swamp. In June, July and August. 1864...
GLC04017
to Mrs. M. E. Boswell
2 January 1865
Lee, Mary Custis, 1835-1918
Thanks her for her New Year's present which was some sort of cooked fowl. Remarks, "General Lee is in town and if he leaves before we can enjoy it together I shall insist upon his taking it to camp." Comments on "the dear old church where we and...
GLC04020
[Confederate dueling challenge to James T. Hay]
30 May 1860
Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863
Printed broadside put out by Semmes concerning a controversy between himself and Hay, the editor of the Southern Spy. Semmes calls James T. Hay a "grand liar." He argues "I do not profess to be a 'bully,' as he has pleased to call me; but at the...
GLC04023
An Act concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes & Prize Goods.
1812/06/26
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Copy of the act along with "Instructions for the Private Armed Vessels of the United States," in this case, issued to privateer Captain George Taylor of the ship Amiable. Issued one week after the declaration of war in the War of 1812. Signed by...
GLC04616
to Edwin M. Stanton re: allowing a soldier to apply for leave to go home to vote
1864/10/22
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
In full; "Sec of War please give this man the proper directions to apply for leave to go home to vote. Oct. 22, 1864. A. Lincoln." (Election of 1864.)
GLC04618
to Nicholas Biddle
7 January 1830
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Writes to Nicholas Biddle, the President of the Bank of the United States, and encloses President Andrew Jackson's commissions of four directors of the Bank. The new directors include George M. Dallas, Benjamin W. Richards, Benjamin Bailey, and John...
GLC04619.01
[Remitting penalties for the British barque Redwing]
5 July 1842
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
This document remits penalties for a British barque and is countersigned by Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. Tyler remits penalties incurred by the British barque Redwing, which had arrived at New York with excess passengers. Dudley Persse, the...
GLC04619.02
[Commission of Thomas A. Brady as first lieutenant in Marine Corps]
1847/03/06
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
This document is a record of the commission of Thomas A. Brady as first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Signed by JAmes K. Polk as President and countersigned by J. Mason as Secretary of the Navy. The document is set with engravings t the top and...
GLC04619.04
[Commission of Amon Woodard as Lt. Col. of 1st Regt, Militia in Dist. of Columbia]
1849/07/14
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
This document is a record of the Commission of Amon Woodward as Lieutenant Colonel of 1st Regiment, Militia in the District of Columbia. Signed by Zachary Taylor as President. Docketed on recto by Adjutant General. Accompanied by paper seal.
GLC04619.05
[Instructions on Embargo Act enforcement sent to the port collector of Marblehead, Massachusetts]
1808/11/15
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Circular from Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin instructing port collectors on how to enforce the Embargo Act of 1807 by regulating the lading of ships.
GLC04621
to Stephen Van Rensselaer
1831/06/04
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Writes, "It was a weak measure to discharge the old cabinet, distrusted and incompetent as it was. And not much will be gained by the new one." Asks Van Rensselaer how things go in New York, and want to know, will those "opposed to this...
GLC04623.01
to Anne Lynch
1852/03/18
Writes concerning the recent loss of a gold medal bearing Clay's likeness that had been presented to him by the Clay Association of New York City. Lynch had taken the medal to Daniel Ullmann, chairman of the association, for some "slight improvements...
GLC04623.03
to Francis W. Pickens re: prophesy of a Civil War; secession
1861/01/13
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Prophesizes that the South is "probably soon to be involved in that fiercest of human strifes, a Civil War," and discusses secession and withdrawal of southerners from the U.S. Congress.
GLC04624
to N. [Prescott?]
29 June 1860
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Douglas, a Democratic presidential candidate, discusses the 1860 election. Criticizes the presidential campaign of John Cabell Breckinridge, also a Democrat, stating that "the Democratic party is divided. The Telegraphic Reports about a compromise...
GLC04625
to state governors
February 1803
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Circular letter urging state governments to maintain strong militias in accordance with the militia system adopted by Congress through an act in 1792 (GLC01959). He comments that having the nation armed is especially important because rights "most...
GLC04626.01
to Horatio Turpin re: personal law of conduct prohibiting appointing a relative
1807/06/10
Writing that he could not appoint a deserving relative, with the comment: "the field of public office will not be perverted by me." The document has been lined previously with Japanese tissue paper.
GLC04627
to Alfred O. Nicholson
January 18, 1848
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Supports Lewis Cass' concept of popular sovereignty, enabling each new state to vote whether or not to allow slavery, believing that this is the best way to extend and protect slavery. "It seems to me for the south to admit that the federal...
GLC04628
to Gideon Welles
21 May 1861
Writes to Secretary of the Navy Welles to endorse Walter Trumbull, the son of Illinois Senator Trumbull. Asks that the young man be given an interview for admission to the Naval Academy.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New...
GLC04649
to Howell Lewis
10 November 1793
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Writes to his nephew, who was temporarily serving as overseer at Mount Vernon, about the rain they have been experiencing and the effects on the wheat crop. Mentions that the fields should be plowed soon. Asks Lewis to send him any bills. Requests...
GLC04653
to Thomas McKean
21 September 1801
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Mentions death and burial of his uncle, Colonel Frederic Antes, an upcoming meeting with the "Maryland Commissioners," and his vigorous prosecution of work on the Susquehanna River Survey (which is not mentioned by name). In August 1801, Governor of...
GLC04666
Additional Instruction to the public and private armed vessels of the United States
28 August 1812
Printed letter signed by Secretary of State James Monroe. Orders that public and private armed vessels are not to stop American merchant ships coming from British ports with British goods because of the "alledged" repeal of the British Orders in...
GLC04675.03
to Roger Jones
1840/05/08
General Taylor, commander of the Army of the South during this period in the second Seminole War, sent this cover letter with enclosed reports (not included) to Major General Jones, adjutant general of the Army in Washington, D.C. One report...
GLC04675.04
Authority to affix the seal...to pardon of Robert Armstrong.
1868/12/11
GLC04675.05
[Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signing a document]
circa 1935
Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977
One undated photograph of President Roosevelt. Image is of Roosevelt's right profile, while holding a pen in his right hand and eyeglasses in his left. He is poised to sign what appears to be a letter. His signature appears directly below the image...
GLC04675.06
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