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circa May 23, 1850
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Instructions to the jury in Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon
Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."
GLC07516.02
1854/01/26
to W.W.R. Woodbury & Wm. Fithian re: legal advice in case of Doctor's estate
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 210
GLC07517
1830/05/17
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to James Hillhouse re: amendments to Constitution
Madison writes a detailed critique of amendments proposed by Senator Hillhouse of Connecticut. Hillhouse, a former Federalist, proposed the amendments first in 1808 and published them in 1830. He proposed eliminating the Electoral College and...
GLC07523
1833/05/17
to Robley Dunglison re: his failing health, University of Virginina
Written in the hand of Dolley Madison.
GLC07524
1836/06/28
Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849
to Eliza Lee re: sending large lock of James Madison's hair on day of his death
Note reading "James Madison's Hair" with the date. It appears to be written on the address panel of letter (not present). The large lock of hair is colored mostly gray and blond.
GLC07525
1835/03/30
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Patent granted for improvements in horsepower
Much of the text has faded and was overwritten with blue ink. Tied with pink ribbon.
GLC07569
1820 ca.
Journal of Choctaw Treaty of Doak's Stand with Jackson's accounts of treaty
Signed twice.
GLC07562.02
1845/11/03
Counterfeiting Indictment. State of Ohio v. Hiram Hobbs
Printed on paper. Legal action brought by Harrison County against Hobbs for counterfeiting. With three sketches of counterfeit notes. Docketed. Subscribed in print by John Forsythe and B.F. Butler.
GLC07570
1839/06/19
Brown, John, 1800-1859
to Mrs. Brown and children re: his homecoming
"I have left no stone unturned to place my affairs in a more settled & comfortable shape, & now should I after all my labour & sacrifice of boddy & mind, be compelled to return a verry poor man, how will my family receive me."
GLC07617
1830/08/12
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
to Madame Le Vasseur re: three glorious days in France [in French]
"The great victory of our people...heroism, selflessness, the miracle of these three days are beyond expression." In French.
GLC07618
[1850]
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
to Henry A. Wise re: platform
"Pray strengthen my arms in the South for the support of the Union & the Constitution & do not arrest us whilst we are dealing blows upon your enemies & our enemies by stopping as to inquire the construction which we may place on this or that...
GLC07620
1829/04/03
Patent issued to Ephraim Gilbert for the construction of gun locks
Countersigned by Martin Van Buren. On parchment, with red ribbon.
GLC07585
1857
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Two Speeches by Frederick Douglass re: West India emancipation; Dred Scott
Full title: "Two speeches by Frederick Douglass; One on West India Emancipation, delivered at Canandaigua, August 4th and the other on the Dred Scott Decision, delivered in New York... May 1857."
GLC07591
1860/08/13
Blamire, George W., fl. 1860
to Mr. Hurst re: ex-slave writes to former master
"Who would have thought...that I would be leading a band at one of the most fashenable [sic] watering holes in the state and I thank you for it and... do not think I ever shal[l] be able to pay you for the many favors you have sho[w]ne. I can never...
GLC07584
18 June 1855
to Henry Thompson re: relocation to North Elba, N.Y.
Written on blue stationery of "J. R. Brown, Wool, Butter and Cheese" which has been crossed out. Docketed.
GLC07589
1859/11/20
Doyle, Mahala, fl. 1859
to John Brown
By the widow and mother of three men killed by Brown in the Pottawatomie massacre: "My son John whose life I begged of [you] is grown up and is very desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of your execution, would certainly be there if his means...
GLC07590
1822-1826 ca.
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Notes on edition of George Washington's correspondence [fragment]
Docketed "Page 7 of Jno Marshall mss from his Life of Washington." In fact, these appear to be notes on events in Washington's life referring to page numbers. There is a long struck passage in the lower center of the page.
GLC07603
1817
Torrey, Jesse, fl. 1817
A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery
Engraved frontispiece and 5 additional plates.
GLC07596
1853/02/27
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
To: Charles Gayarre.
Thanking Gayarre for sending a book, lectures on Louisana. With 22 word autograph postscript signed.
GLC07962
10 April 1826
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
[Indiana land grant to Samuel Cook]
Countersigned by George W. Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed document granting Cook eighty acres in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
GLC06418.04
9 May 1860
Duley, Enoch M., 1773-1864
$200 Reward!
Offered for "my boy Manuel," a runaway slave described as 35 years old and enterprising. Includes a physical description: "He has a shrewd expression of the eye, and has a scar on one of his thighs occasioned from a burn, is well dressed and has in...
GLC06377.01
circa 23 October 1855
E.C.K. Garvey & Co., fl. 1855
Constitution! The people of the Kansas Territory are requested to assemble...
Broadside announcing a public discussion on the proposed Kansas Constitution, on wove paper, with a vignette of the Federal Eagle, "Constitution! The People of the Kansas territory Are requested to assemble at the following times and places, to...
GLC06409.01
1837/04/05
to Gerrit Smith
Political situation, Gag Rule, opposition to slavery. "The condition of the African race in this Union has ever been to me subject of deep concern... I have felt an anxious wish that slavery might be abolished... throughout the Union and throughout...
GLC06315
1839/10
Brown, Fenner, 1791-1869
[Memorial to Rhode Island Assembly attacking the Banks]
Appeal to Rhode Island Assembly, complaining of the banks' refusal to pay its debts, or pay for its currency. Calls to "abolish the whole system of banks at once." Signed in type by Brown, White, "and 4 others."
GLC06305
7 July 1858
to John J. Crittenden
Lincoln heard that Crittenden was going to write letters in support of Stephen Douglas for the Senate and Thomas L. Harris for the House of Representatives. Lincoln thinks this action would not be in Crittenden's character and asks him to pursue a...
GLC06324
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