December 19, 1845

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt from RIce & Nichols]

Receipt 12/19/1845 for Rice & Nichols. 2 p.

GLC02145.80.11

December 31, 1846

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt from Shackelford & Co]

Receipt 12/31/1846 for Shackelford & Co. 1 p.

GLC02145.80.12

1847

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt to T. Bostick]

T. Ward. Receipt to T. Bostick, with blue docket leaf and attached with seal. 1847. 1 p. + docket.

GLC02145.80.13

8 January 1847

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt to Brown & Tarbor]

Receipt for payment to Brown & Tarbor for passage for African American woman and child. 1/8/1847. 1 p. + docket.

GLC02145.80.14

21 July 1847

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Unaccompanied docket leaf]

Unaccompanied docket leaf for Sam Houston document re: land business. 7/21/1847. 1 p.

GLC02145.80.15

20 June 1860

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Cheque signed by Amedee Simorin]

Cheque signed by Amedee Simorin. 6/20/1860. 1 p. + endorsement.

GLC02145.80.16

9 May 1862

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for violins and instruments]

Receipt for violins and instruments. 5/9/1862. 1 p. + docket.

GLC02145.80.17

February 26, 1849

Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

Pamphlet

Title: To our constituents.

"A portion of the Southern Representatives in Congress, have recently issued an Address to the people of the South on the exciting question of slavery. We were unable to unite with them in the movement, and the absence of our names from the paper which they have published, has given rise to strictures upon our course which we propose now to notice. Our conduct has been misconstrued by some and misunderstood by others, and to place the matter in its proper light, is the object of the present communication." Representatives Cobb, Linn Boyd, Beverly Clarke, and John H. Lumpkin object to a…

GLC06070

February 27, 1856

Clayton, John Middleton, 1796-1856

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James L. Graham Jr.

Letter regarding the negotiation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of Panama. Accompanied by Clay ANS permitting publication, FF on address panel from envelope and newsclipping publishing the letter.

GLC06042.02

February 17, 1850

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James William Paige

Reports to his brother-in-law that William Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, wrote to the Committee of Commerce in the House of Representatives regarding the subject of coinage. Reports that he will take the issue to Senate the following day. States that the admission of California to the Union as a free state in the Compromise of 1850 will not "break up, break down, or overset the Union" though the Union "may be tipped ... as a cart is liable to tip up when a heavy weight is put in to the hind end." Humorously ends by saying "You may go, on buying & selling, & getting gain."

GLC01946.43

February 17, 1834

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Chilton

A very long letter to Chilton, a Kentucky congressman, in which Harrison recounts his experiences in the wars in the Northwest Territory. Voices his support for Chilton's proposal to extend the pension laws to veterans of the Indian Wars in the northwest, describing those conflicts as a continuation of the American Revolution. Reviews General Anthony Wayne's campaign in Ohio from 1793-1795 (Harrison served as his aide-de-camp). Describes the hardships faced by soldiers, and issues relating to recruitment, pay, and casualties. Recounts, at length, the careers and hardships of two…

GLC05300

February 6, 1843

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John MacKay

Comments on MacKay's improving health and gives additional advice. Discusses congressional appropriations, reductions in budgets and appointments, and politics in Washington, D.C. at length. Mentions that the Oregon Bill, which expansionist President James K. Polk supported in his campaign, passed the Senate but had a doubtful fate in the House. Lee was then the Superintending Engineer for Fort Hamilton in New York Harbor. Delays and changes in congressional appropriations threatened his improvement projects. MacKay was Lee's closest friend during his days at West Point. He served in the…

GLC07755

February 26, 1844

Greay, Thomas, fl. 1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Winn

Discussing personal affairs and business transactions, including the sale of an enslaved person for one hundred and fifty dollars. Greay signs with his mark. Winn's name is spelled Wynn.

GLC03434.25

February 7, 1848

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Document

Title: General orders: No. 47

Signed by H.L. Scott. Acquittal of Luz Bega, a Mexican, for enticing soldiers to desert.

GLC00911.63

February 6, 1836

Brown, David, fl. 1836

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Texas land deed of sale]

Certifies the sale of "six lots in the tower of Santa Anna from David Brown to Claibourn Garrett. Witnesses by M.P. Augustine and Benjamin Thomas.

GLC06623.24

February 26, 1852

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his father Tobias Gibson

Randall tries to explain falling grades in his junior year and emphasizes that a warning letter sent to his parents was due to excessive absence due to sickness, not to poor scholarship. Written from Yale University.

GLC04501.002

February 16, 1857

Rock, John Sweat, 1825-1866

Broadside

Title: [Advertisement for antislavery lecture]

Letterpress broadside/flyer for an antislavery lecture by Dr. John Sweat Rock. Includes a short note in which Dr. Rock asks David P. Harmon if his lecture on "The Unity of the Races" would be well received in Harmon's town.

GLC06143.15

February 26, 1844

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R.R. Ward, Esq.

On residual actions of the R.I. Dorr Rebellion. "That some rascality is to be attempted toward R. I. can scarce be doubted, but in what shape, we have no means of judging save for Burke's Resolution or Petition presented last week..."

GLC09094

February 6, 1857

Grimes, James W., 1816-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 38 (34th Congress, 3rd session). Grimes, Governor of Iowa, approved these resolutions in January 1857. Reprinted by Congress in February. Iowa states its opposition to "the further extension of slavery within the jurisdiction or by the sanction of the general government." Supports the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free state.

GLC08452.07

February 6, 1854

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Directed to "Dear Dr." Hamlin replies to a letter from the recipient. Mentions affidavits pertaining to an unspecified matter. Writes, "How the reopening of the Slavery questions will effect me and our friends, I cannot tell at this time- They ask us to repeal the Missouri Compromise line of 1820- I cannot do so- They assert that the Compromise measures of 1850 intended to repeal that of 1820- It is false, & I will not vote a lie..." Discusses an upcoming political convention, to be held possibly in the spring or fall. Refers to other political matters, and in closing asks that this…

GLC06596

February 7, 1860

Munford, George W., 1803-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William B. Hartley

Discusses financial matters related to an account for $12,953.95. Munford held a position in the office of the first auditor of the U.S. treasury and was Virginia's secretary of state. Hartley was business agent for Connecticut arms manufacturer Samuel Colt.

GLC07082.01

February 27, 1860

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, three-quarter length standing view]

Three-quarter length, standing view. [O-17].

GLC05136.01

circa 1848

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: [General Robert E. Lee]

Black & white portrait of a young General Robert E. Lee. Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway N.Y. Image included Originally with an autographed letter written by Robert E. Lee to his brother "Rose" (see GLC00215).

GLC00215.03

1860

W. Duke, Sons, & Co., fl. 1860

Photograph

Title: Abe Lincoln

(title continues) Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking.Printed by W. Duke Son & Co., NY.

GLC00732.01

1862

Photograph

Title: President and cabinet

Carte de visite of President Lincoln and his cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863). A portrait of Abraham Lincoln sits in the middle. Surrounding him (from top, clockwise): Secretary of State William H. Seward; Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase; Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Postmaster General Montgomery Blair; Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Attorney General Edward Bates; Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith;

GLC00732.02