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[draft of a letter to George Washington regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit] [incomplete]

This appears to be a partial, preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the...

GLC02437.08216

Copy of letter to Edward Fettyplan [?] re: Smith's status as slave in Algiers

Notation on first page: "Copy of a letter received Septr 30th 1812." "Be not astonished!! for alas! it is too true, that I am now addressing you as a Slave in Algiers . . . . I think that all differences will be adjusted between G[reat] B[ritain],...

GLC02794.167

[draft of a letter to George Washington regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit] [incomplete]

This appears to be a partial, preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the...

GLC02437.08217

to Wm. R. Ware? re: illustrated letter on placement of Shaw 54th Mass. memorial

Letter concerning the placement of the Shaw Memorial for 54th (colored) Massachusetts Regiment near the Boston State House.

GLC07262

Collection of Civil War and World War II Letters [Decimalized .01-.12]

Materials include two Civil War Era letters, eleven V-mails, and one WWII Era letter. The Civil War letters are between W. Wall Coriell and his cousin Benjamin S. Elliot. The World are II V-Mails and letter are all sent to Clarence W. Solcum from...

GLC10151

[Letter from E. Riddell to Mr Worcester informing him of the death of his son]

Describes how John. H. Worcester was injured in battle, captured, but then died of his wounds.

GLC03974.21

[Letters belonging to Ernest K. Heltsley, 1944-1945][Decimalized .01-.99]

Collection of letters belonging to Ernest K. Heltsley dated 1944-1945. Consists of 107 items, primarily letters addressed between Heltsley and his future wife Mary Evelyn Snead.

GLC10002

Hobbies (The Magazine for Collectors)- Lincoln Portraits on Glass, Includes letter to the author

GLC08880.085

[Copy of a letter to President Abraham Lincoln regarding colonization of the Isthmus of Chiriqui]

An unknown author informs Lincoln of the problems of colonizing Africans and African Americans on the Isthmus of Chiriqui (in what is now Panama). States that colonization alone will not solve the racial prejudices existing both in the United States...

GLC03619.01.14

Collection of items related to John Hay, letter and two photographs [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC01822

The Truth from an honest man: The letter of the President. President Lincoln's Views.

President Lincoln's views on the principles involved in the Clement Vallandigham case. Prints correspondence between Lincoln and Erastus Corning in relation to a Democratic meeting held at Albany, New York 16 May 1863, called to protest the arrest...

GLC08707

Letter signed and judicial review concerning the case of Alexander McLeod [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01512

Authority to Affix seal of U.S. to letter to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria

GLC06649.05

[Translation of a French letter from Pierre Huet de la Valiniere, Vicar General to Charles Thomson]

Body of the letter in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Original letter written from "Kaskaskias in the Illinois." Writes that he left New York to go west in May 1786 and has received very few provisions from Congress. Has enclosed a...

GLC02437.03440

[Letter of 7th Indiana soldier regarding the Crater Affair and Us Colored Troops casualties]

Fighting at Petersburg, destruction of an Confederate fort, discussion of black troops. "Saturday morning we blew up a rebel fort in front of Petersburg and immediately opened with mortars and artillery along our entire line, for a few hours the...

GLC08990

[Collection of 3 letters regarding Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a Confederate parolee captured at Gettysburg]. Decimalized.

See descriptions in GLC08247.01-.03

GLC08247

Pardon of Jackson Bolin, convicted of distilling spirits without paying tax. Inlcudes case report, legal forms, letters regarding petition.

Convicted of distilling spirits without paying tax; sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and to pay a $1000 fine and court costs. Pardoned since he was poor, ignorant of the law and had a good military record in wartime. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC00045.23

Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.

First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.

GLC06188

Oval carte de visite of Nathan B. Forrest in uniform, by B. Bingham, with letter

Carte de visite with ornate border, by B. Bingham, Memphis, Tenn. Accompanied by an unrelated letter of a girl "Mary" from Nevada Mo, 6/20/1880 re: personal news

GLC04969

[Orders to affix the seal to a letter for Peru's ad-interim President Pedro Diez Canseco]

Order to the Secretary of State. The letter offered condolences for deceased President San Roman and hopes for continued wisdom and success, guided by "the Supreme Ruler of the Universe."

GLC09064

[Letter books of Captain Joseph Foster Green of the USS Canandaigua] [word processed inventory available]

Three letter books from the USS "Canandaigua," belonging to Captain Joseph F. Green, the Commander of the Charleston Blockade Squadron. Volume 1 covers 18 August 1862-25 September 1863. Volume 2 covers 25 September 1863-30 April 1864. Volume 3...

GLC05126

[Letters belonging to Robert C. Oursler, 1944-1945][Decimalized .01-24]

Collection of letters belonging to Robert C. Oursler dated 1944-1945. Consists of 24 items primarily sent from his wife, Winnie Oursler, as well as, his mother, grandmother and aunt. Letters are related to updates of family life in Stillwater...

GLC09998

[Letters addressed to Daniel Landau from Dorothy K. and Dorothy Rose Landau]

Three items sent to Daniel Landau dated October 1, 1943. Consists of two letters and a blank envelope.

GLC09993.151

to Ward N. Boyston re: history of the Boylston family and letter to his father

Written as President, shortly after the death of his father.

GLC02793.018

[Form letter sent to United States Representatives requesting support of a bill regarding Henry Jackson Hunt's retirement]

Corbin relates "A Bill to give Brevet Major General Hunt, Colonel retired, the rank of Major General on the retired list is pending in the House of Representatives, of his long, faithful and distinguished service I will not speak... I in brief want...

GLC02382.124