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1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Report of the Secretary of State, on... commerce... in foreign countries
Published by order of the House of Representatives. Printed by Childs & Swain, with contemporary notes, notably on p. 7 and 13.
GLC01970
1865
Cannon & Holden (printers)
Executive documents. Convention. Session 1865. Constitution of North-Carolina, with amendments, and ordinances and resolutions passed by the convention session, 1865.
Prints reconstruction constitution of North Carolina. Index includes: Messages of Provisional Governor Holden to the convention, Report of public treasurer to the convention, Report of superintendent of insane asylum, Report of superintendent of...
GLC01973
22 August 1863
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to Andrew Jamieson
Writes to Jamieson, the Collector at Alexandria, Virginia in reference to the transport of merchandise such as cotton and tobacco to the states in rebellion. Instructs that Jamieson will have to prepare a statement each month showing the number of...
GLC02091
[13 March] 1832
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to R. F. Graves
Written as a Senator from Virginia before passage of the tariff of 1832 which caused South Carolina to "nullify" the law and led to the nullification crisis. The letter is dated "Washington 13. 1832." (The Tariff was passed 14 July 1832.) Tyler...
GLC02099
27 June 1775
Clarke, James, fl. 1775
to Nicholas Cooke
Also signed by James Clarke. Apologizes for their delay in providing Governor of Rhode Island Cooke with accurate records of recent imports and exports that they are compiling. Thinks a more extended accounting would be more useful, and if Cooke...
GLC02105
1791
Report the subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries...
Printed by Francis Childs and John Swain. Folio. A-G2 ($1 signed). Full title: "Report of The Secretary of State, on the Subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries, Made Conformably to an Order of The House of Representatives...." The House issue of...
GLC02123
28 April 1808
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
to Joseph Wilson
Returns an application for permission to dispatch a vessel in ballast (not present). Explains rules for customs regarding tonnage on vessels. Wilson was Customs Collector for Marblehead, Massachusetts.
GLC02049
25 March 1811
to Benjamin Austin
States that due to the termination of the charter of the First Bank of United States, no payments can legally be made. Advises him to inform the officers of the Union Bank about this. Austin was Commissioner of Loans, Boston. Signed as Secretary...
GLC02050.02
6 March 1830
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
to William Rochester
As President of the Bank of the United States, Biddle clarifies some rules and regulations concerning lending funds. Explains that the security of two responsible, known persons is necessary and advises Rochester, a banker in Buffalo, New York, to...
GLC02044
31 December 1817
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
to Elihu Chauncey
Writes concerning his bank balance. States that he sent a messenger to the bank who reported his balance to be $3614.49 which worries him because he wrote a check yesterday for $10,000. Asks Chauncey to check on this and if his balance is really...
GLC02045
21 February 1891
Cooke, Jay, fl. 1891
to F. N. Barrett
Responding from a letter from Barrett, a journalist, who had requested permission to print a letter from him. He has no objection to the publication of the letter "if names were suppressed." Advocates free-coinage of silver. Written on personal...
GLC02048
20 July 1792
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
[Circular letter to port collectors]
Printed circular letter signed by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. Points out common errors in customs collection.
GLC02052
11 November 1788
Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813
to William Ellery
Circular letter (marked "Copy") signed by Osgood and Walter Livingston to Ellery as Loan Officer for the state of Rhode Island. Sends directions for "issuing one years Interest on the domestic debt," which had been delayed in hopes that the accounts...
GLC02058
16 March 1791
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 15, no. 729 (16 March 1791)]
Reprints "An act to incorporate the subscribers of the Bank of the United States." References the establishment of the National Bank. Other news includes congressional news, local news, ship arrivals, postings, and advertisements. Handwritten note in...
GLC02060
March 31, 1864
Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888
to Henry W. Allen
Memminger, Treasurer of the Confederacy, declines a request from Allen, Governor of Louisiana, to "purchase five millions of treasury notes with the Bonds of the State of Louisiana." States that an act passed 17 February 1864 reduced the value of...
GLC00690
October 3, 1933
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
to Bruce Barton
Comments on retirement: "A smoking President receives enough pipes to last a life time. Likewise fishing tackle. It is the only endowment he gets, except a troubled soul." Also mentions that "The country is going sour on the New Deal." Expresses...
GLC00691
18 May 1796
United States. Department of the Treasury
Letter from the Secretary of Treasury [re: budget of 1796]
Entirely printed. Stitched pamphlet. Signed in type by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. as Secretary of Treasury. Wm Smith was Chairman of the Committee of Ways & Means
GLC00692
December 28, 1896
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
to Edward Oliver Wolcott
Writes to the Colorado senator regarding international bimetallism. Bimetallism is the use of silver and gold as a standard of currency. McKinley initially favored international bimetallism, but when the British rejected that system, he abandoned...
GLC00655.16
19 April 1861
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
[A proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln concerning the effects of insurrection on maritime commerce]
Secretarially signed for William Seward, Secretary of State; signed in type by Lincoln. Pertains to the ports of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Lincoln states that insurrection in these states has...
GLC00674
June 16, 1781
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to George Clinton
Asks the New York Governor "whether any ways & means can be devised to procure Money for the payment of the Troops of the New York Line." Describes it as an urgent "matter of...interesting importance." Written during the American Revolution.
GLC00683
28 February 1793
An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.
Sets the federal budget for the year at $1,589,044.72. Lists the salaries to be paid to members and employees of government, the amount of their expenses, such as stationary, to be covered, and other costs of the federal government, such as the...
GLC00755
1857
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
The political economy of slavery
First edition of Ruffin's pro-slavery pamphlet, signed by Andrew Johnson. Johnson writes on the cover "Send this to my room with my mail." The pamphlet was published in 1857, Johnson most likely signed it in 1858. Untrimmed edges. Lacking wrappers...
GLC00774
30 August 1862
to Abraham Lincoln
Petition to President Lincoln recommending "the immediate removal of George B. McClellan from the Command of any army of the United States," signed by Chase, Stanton, and Smith. These three members of Lincoln's cabinet feel "constrained to urge this...
GLC00776
July 8, 1933
to Henry L. Stoddard
In a letter marked "Personal," Hoover writes critically about President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Comments on an economic conference and going off the gold standard. Provides a list of "misrepresentations and illusions held out from Washington"...
GLC00782.10
December 25, 1866
Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868
to Henry L. Benning
Cobb, former President of the Confederate Provisional Congress, requests Supreme Court reports from Benning, Confederate General and former Georgia State Supreme Court Justice. Bitterly discusses legal property cases during reconstruction, claiming...
GLC00771
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