1837/12/30

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Mary Scott, convicted of stealing

GLC07766

1860/02/17

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Newspaper

Title: Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]

GLC07763

1846/07/23

Duncan, James, fl. 1846-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Faurot re: army's movement on Monter[r]ey

GLC07768.01

1847/12/08

Duncan, James, fl. 1846-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Faurot re: struggle in Mexico

GLC07768.02

1839/09/04

Knight, F., fl. 1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to clerk of Southampton, Va. re: possibility of blacks being sent to Liberia

GLC07773

1836/07/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: Authorization for Richard Rush to prosecute claim to the Smithsonian bequest

GLC07787

1860 ca.

Bell, John, 1797-1869

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Bell campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.03

1860 ca.

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Breckinridge campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.04

1841/07/29

Tuck, Jesse G., fl. 1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen H. Stone re: quality of life and African Americans in St. Louis

GLC07784

1854/08/19

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Document signed

Title: Authority to affix the seal to treaty with Miami Indians of Indiana

GLC07807

1836/12/22

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Document signed

Title: Rep. of Texas passport to the U.S. issued to Robert A. Irion

GLC07804

1847/03/28

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Matilda Mason

GLC07815

1860 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Lincoln campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.01

1860 ca.

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Douglas campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.02

1845/05/15

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Articles of Agreement and Association, Constituting the Magnetic Telegraph Society

GLC03107.05330

1836/07/27

Union College (Cranford, N.J.)

Pamphlet

Title: Order of commencement in Union College

GLC03107.05328

1839/04/15

Barnard, Daniel D. (Daniel Dewey), 1797-1861

Book

Title: A Discourse on the Life, Services and Character of Stephen van Rensselaer

Printed by Hoffman & White

GLC03107.05329

February 8, 1840

Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

Letter signed

Title: to William S. Holabird

Writes regarding arrangements made by the Spanish Government for Antonio, the slave cabin-boy on board the Amistad, to testify at an upcoming trial in New Haven, Connecticut. Discusses the Minister's obtainment of Jose Ruiz's and Pedro Montes's proprietary title in the other Africans aboard the ship (the titles are to be procured from Cuba). Reports that he informed the Spanish Minister of Holabird's suggestion regarding obtainment of the Spanish laws and edicts prohibiting the importation of African slaves in Cuba. Relates that a Spanish Consul in Boston, Antonio G. Vega, and the Spanish…

GLC05636.20

18 July 1816

Jordan, John, fl. 1806-1833

Receipt

Title: [Receipt belonging to Gilbert Hughes]

One receipt dated Philadelphia, July 18, 1816 for $193.70 from John Jordan to Gilbert Hughes.

GLC09836.13

2 June 1822

Jordan, John, fl. 1806-1833

Receipt

Title: to John Jordan

One letter addressed to John Jordan from Maria E. Jacobson dated Baltimore, June 2, 1822. Pertains to receiving interest from her father and mother's estates. Gives best wishes to family in Philadelphia.

GLC09836.14

30 April 1830

Jacobsen, Maria, fl. 1830

Letter signed

Title: to John Jordan

One letter addressed to John Jordan from Maria Jacobsen dated Baltimore, April 30, 1830. Pertains to financial matters.

GLC09836.17

February 28, 1833

Graf, Frederick C., fl. 1833

Letter signed

Title: to John Jordan

One letter from Frederick C. Graf to John Jordan dated Baltimore, February 28, 1833. Pertains to financial matters.

GLC09836.18

1843/02/17

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

Jackson believes Clay is the author of "The Kentuckian on Martial Law". "Can anyone doubt but that Clay is.... 'Behind' ....This dirty, unmanly, and unjust proceeding?" A pencil note on p. 3 "in relation to my asking to be named as Coll[ector]" (see .07).

GLC06789.06

1843/02/27

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

"....I think St. Anna has too much wisdom not to treat these men as prisoners of war, as any other course would arouse the whole civilised world against such barbarity...."

GLC06789.09

1856/10/25

Miller, Daniel L., fl. 1856

Broadside

Title: One Hundred Dollars Reward. Shall extension of slavery be prohibited? [election]

A comparison of Democratic Buchanan/Breckinridge platform to Republican Fremont/Dayton platform with historical background. Prints quotations from Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Polk, and the Constitution. For anyone who can disprove the statements in the broadside, the author offers: "One hundred dollars reward. Let every voter examine and judge for himself!" Poses the question: "Has Congress the Constitutional right to prohibit slavery and polygamy in the territories" and offers the candidates views on the issues.

GLC06814