1833

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Book signed

Title: Register of debates in Congress: Volume IX.

Published in Washington D.C. by Gales and Seaton. Signed by James K. Polk while a Tennessee Congressman. Includes debates on reduction of duties, public lands and import tariffs, nullification, debate of Jackson's proclamation, Calhoun's resolutions, the Force Act.

GLC05514

18 August 1854

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to John E. Wool

Written by Davis as Secretary of War to General Wool as Commander of the Department of the Pacific. References Wool's letter of 30 May 1854 and his own letters to Wool on 12 January 1854 and 14 April 1854. Expresses surprise and indignation at Wool's complaining tone toward the Department of War in regard to his authority to suppress illegal expeditions against the Mexican territory. He reminds Wool "that while you choose to hold the high commission of General in the Army, you assume an obligation to render due respect and cheerful obedience to the authority and orders of this Department…

GLC05518

5 April 1850

Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James William Denver

Reports the voting inclinations of several Missouri delegates to the Congressional Convention. Discusses the possible opposition of the Wilmot Proviso, but is confident that California will be admitted as a state. See collateral files for 1 November 1965 letter by Anne Atchinson concerning this letter. The Wilmot Proviso, named after Pennsylvania senator David Wilmot, was a congressional proposal in the 1840's to prohibit the extension of slavery into the territories. Imprint in upper left corner reads "Paris."

GLC05574

5 March 1834

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Curtis Dixon

Sends his congratulations on his cousin's marriage and jokes that he believes "a state of matrimony is upon the whole the best state in the Union, and will be the last to yield to the sundering doctrine of nullification, and that there is little danger to be apprehended from the opposite extreme of consolidation."

GLC05575

circa 1830-1843

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Editors

Webster responds to charges that he is against using the Bible in the classroom and stresses that he has endeavored to remove all objections to studying the Scripture in school. He believes that correcting the language is one way to remove such objections.

GLC05508.258

10 May 1832

William IV, 1765-1837

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement on Memorandum]

Endorsement trimmed from original document and adhered to a card.

GLC05508.265

10 April 1836

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Fenwick

Wordsworth solicits Fenwick for funds on behalf of a church in Cockermouth in need of expansion.

GLC05508.269

7 August 1860

Wright, Henry C., 1797-1870

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Man's natural demands are God's only commands...]

Wright writes: "Man's natural demands are God's only commands./ Who so best understands the demands of his nature & most perfectly & healthfully supplies them, best understands & most perfectly obeys the commands of God." Removed from an autograph album.

GLC05508.270

1856

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Object

Title: Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press. Fremont. [Fremont & Dayton election ribbon]

White printed ribbon depciting Fremont as the explorer, mounted on a horse and pointing? to the left.

GLC05510

31 August 1848

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John W. Thomas

Writes to his brother about the dwindling army of occupation, as the war had ended in February. Assures his brother that he will assist in relocating the family to Norfolk. Plans on being discharged soon but will apply for a furlough in October in hopes of seeing everyone for Christmas. Hopes he will not have a hero's welcome when he visits his family and friends and says being presented with a sword by his hometown was enough. Adds that there are conflicting ideas about whether the Mexican peace will last but does not care as long as he can leave "this vile country."

GLC05520

1860

Flag

Title: [State flag printed "Arkansas"]

Cotton Arkansas state flag with red and white stripes and a blue field with stars; "ARKANSAS." painted in black at center. Accompanied by a much later note reading: "[From the] Wigwam Convention 1860 - Chicago. State flag for Abraham Lincoln."

GLC05523

1849-1850

Header Record

Title: [California Gold Rush travel accounts] [Decimalized]

Four individual accounts from men traveling to California to seek their fortunes.

GLC05527

1860

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Flag

Title: [Lincoln and Hamlin presidential election campaign banner, with eagle].

Printed cotton campaign banner showing an eagle with a long ribbon in his beak reading "Lincoln and Hamlin." The eagle holds a colored Columbia shield in its talons and only 6 arrows. Black ink (printed) with red and blue added in the shield.

GLC05553

7 January 1836

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Miller

Describes his early impressions of West Point. Describes it as "one of most delightful places on earth" in the summer, attracting crowds and steeped in Revolutionary War history that gives the place "a shade of venerable grandeur." In contrast, it is cold, lonely, and monotonous in the winter. He is critical of the institution, writing "The education we acquired is the highest order but the habits usually contracted are decidedly bad... I think it very doubtful about my remaining here to complete the course." Indicates that he recently finished his first year exam. Disapproves those "men…

GLC05560

circa 1850s

Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882

Manuscript document

Title: [Allegorical verses on slavery]

Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the first being a poem in five stanzas dedicated to William E. Channing. The second in three stanzas is titled "The Warning."

GLC05570

6 April 1858

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Document

Title: A Proclamation...concerning the Utah War and its necessity.

Printed declaration by President Buchanan proclaiming that a state of rebellion exists in the Territory of Utah, and offering a pardon to all citizens who submit to the authority of the United States government. The present proclamation mentions Mormon resistance as well as part of Buchanan's plan for peace.

GLC05708

9 November 1845

Edwards, Cabel G., fl. 1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus Edwards

Reports that their father is dead and describes his last weeks. Includes the surrender of his father's estate to his brother. Discusses his financial and legal troubles. Invites his brother and family in Ohio to go west to California, where they can escape the oppressive, violent government of the established United States. Mentions Mormonism and the saints moving west en masse.

GLC05691

1849

Johnson, D.C., fl. 1912

Book

Title: [Scraps no. 1., 1849. New Series].

Cartoons satirizing changing social mores, especially the changing role of women in society and politics. Includes cartoons showing men asking permission of wives and mothers before engaging in activities and a gallant woman proposing to a bashful young man, who says he must ask his mother's permission. Lithographed. Imprint reads: "Sketched, Etched and Published By D. C. Johnston." Stab stitched with original yellow wrappers.

GLC05703

1838-1841

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Book signed

Title: Eight military manuals printed by U.S. Military Academy Lithographic Press [Decimalized]

Seven manuals bound together, with a loose eighth item. The bound set was made for Halleck while a cadet at West Point, although the signature appears to be later. The single unbound manual was not owned by Halleck. Boxed together. Lithography by George Aspinwall. See separate typed inventory.

GLC05707

24 April 1834

Whittier, John G., 1807-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel J. May

Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter what may be our creed- whether we follow Socinius or Fox, or Calvin,- we are all brethren." Discusses the engagement of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to Helen Eliza Benson: "It will quiet the fears of some of our good Colonisationists that our friend G. might some day or other practice upon the thing of Amalgamation- and, smitten by…

GLC05720

22 July 1851

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Robinson Hazard

Clay writes from Ashland, his estate, to Hazard, the noted reformer. Declines an invitation to visit Hazard in Rhode Island, relating that he will not be able to leave home this summer due to ill health. Also due to his health, this letter is written by an amanuensis. Notes that though the climate and sea bathing of Rhode Island would aid his health, "the journey, the cities, the crowds, and the company which I should encounter would neutralize any advantage that I should derive from visiting Newport." Agrees with Hazard on African colonization, remarking, "Its success and prosperity are…

GLC05721

7 May 1855

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Tyler

Written to his son. Attacks the racial and religious prejudices of the Know-Nothing Party, stating, "a secret society whose only avowed object is religious persecution, cannot endure." Mentions John Selden, Law, Colonel May, and Vanderbilt. He does not know why the address he delivered at Baltimore has not yet appeared in print. John Tyler was President of the United States from 1841 to 1845.

GLC05741

1839-1856

Bowen, John T., fl. 1801-1856

Print

Title: [Color lithograph of Red Jacket, a Seneca chief wearing the Presidential Peace Medal.]

Date estimated by years Bowen worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Collateral to GLC05742.01.

GLC05742.02

14 May 1843

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Letter signed

Title: to Roger Jones

Writes to the Adjutant General of the Army about plans for an expedition to Oklahoma between the Santa Fe trail and the Red River, to be led by Colonel Davenport. Hopes to obtain "valuable information in regard to a district of country but perfectly known" and to exert "a salutary influence among the prairie Indians, by a respectable demonstration of force along the frontier." Also mentions reports that a group of Texans plan to attack a caravan of Santa Fe traders.

GLC05746

1842-1843

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Header Record

Title: Thomas Dorr papers, relating to Dorr's rebellion [decimalized]

GLC05757