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1833/04/29
Ogden, Thomas L., fl. 1833
New Arkansas & Texas Land Co. grant to Sylvester Davis (cos. Jackson & Curtis)
Numbered 3895. Cosigned by Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis. Streeter, Texas Rev. 1138.1.
GLC02933
1846/04/17
De Cordova, Jacob, 1808-1868
[Receipt for $25 from W. Rhodes for surveying headright of James O. Rice]
Records the payment by De Cordova and James O. Rice to W. Rhodes, "administrator on the Estate of J.P. Kimball," for locating and surveying Rice's headright.
GLC02935
15 December 1835
McFarland, William, fl. 1835
[Sale of land to Archibald Hotchkiss]
Sale of land document from John Davidson to Archibald Hotchkiss. Handwritten note in pencil on top of document: "Galveston Bay: Texas Land co. 450." Docket on verso.
GLC02938
1849/09/03
Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849
Land grant [1840] to Levi Jones & Edward Hall of 18215 acres on Galveston Island
Certified copy signed by George W. Smyth as Land Office Commissioner.
GLC02939
21 September 1838
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to editor of Quincy Patriot
Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his...
GLC03707
26 September 1878
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to David Douty Colton
Expresses gratitude to Colton, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the convenience the railroad offers transcontinental travelers. States that the railroad is "'a great civilizer', and will enable the Military Authorities to...
GLC05095
1720 ca.
Law, John, fl. 1720
Missisippi of 'T Wydbefaamde goudland [Dutch] [Wonderful Land of Mississippi]
With engraved scene depicting Europeans trading gold with the Indians on the banks of the Mississippi. Publicizing settling in America. Written in Dutch. (The translation in the title here comes from the first line: "Dit 's 't wond're Missisippi...
GLC04946
1832/05/02
Coahuila y Tejas (Mexican State). Repeal of Colonization Law (in Spanish)
Mexican Congress repeal of the colonization law of March 24, 1825, and provides for colonization contracts by Mexican empresarios. Printed in Spanish with manuscript notes (in Spanish). References: Texas Handbook 2: 154; Eberstadt 162; Streeter 778...
GLC04253
1832/12/06
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Massachusetts Spy Extra [President's message]
Includes discussion on removal of Indian tribes West of the Mississippi.
GLC04118
1852
Horn, Hosea B., fl. 1852
Horn's overland guide, from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California...
Title continues "Containing a table of distances, and showing all the rivers, creeks, lakes, springs, mountains, hills, camping-places, and other prominent objects, with remarks on the country, roads, timbers, grasses, curiosities, etc.; the entire...
GLC04152.01
1857
Wells, John G., 1821-1880
Well's new map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas
This is a fold out map contained within a book measuring 14.5 x 9 cm. When unfolded, the full title displayed on the map is "Well's New Railroad and Township Map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas from the latest Government Surveys." Contains a large...
GLC04174
1685/07/01
Northern Indians
Proposition of the northern Indians and an answer [in Dutch and English]
The proposal was written in Dutch and the answer was written in English. In the response, the Indians are welcomed to settle in Skachkook, where the English will protect them from the French.English translation GLC03107.01939
GLC03107.01939
1727/06-1727/07
Commission on Indian Affairs
Rough drafts of proceedings of Commissioners of Indian Affairs
Contains a number of records of the proceedings at meetings of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, as well as drafts of letters to Governor Burnet. P.1 is a fragment of a larger document that welcomes the Indians to trade with the English, and warns...
GLC03107.02162
December 1, 1833
Madison, James, 1751-1836
American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank
Printed membership certificate signed by Madison as President and R. R. Gurley as Secretary. The American Colonization Society resettled Black freedpeople in Liberia. D.B. Mattern letter 6/14/96, Madison accepted the presidency per his 19 February...
GLC04675.02
Lehman, Danny, (fl. 1988)
[Photograph of Mexican-American children reciting the pledge of allegiance]
One press photograph taken by Danny Lehman dated September 8, 1988. Depicts a classroom of children reciting the pledge of allegiance. Two students hold the American flag. Text below the image predicts that the population of immigrations in the 1980s...
GLC09847
August 24, 1936
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Pardon of Joseph Beren, alien (c/s H. Cummings [AG])
Convicted of perjury in an immigration proceeding: pardoned so that he might be allowed to reapply for readmission if deported.
GLC00052
29 January 1926
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
[Presidential pardon of Nick Cotsiomitis, who was convicted of violating the Immigration Act]
Coolidge gives Nick Cotsiomitis a full and unconditional pardon; no reason given. Countersigned by Attorney General John G. Sargent. Printed document with blanks filled in with type.
GLC00068.21
19 June 1879
Brown, John Jr. (1821-1895)
to Alexander Milton Ross
Brown Jr. writes from Put-in-Bay Island located on South Bass Island (Lake Erie), Ohio. He mentions he will personally be traveling to Kansas and possibly Colorado to examine the land for the purpose of "settlement by Colored people of limited means...
GLC03007.56.11
27 November 1875
Thompson, Albert D., (fl. 1875)
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
A letter from Thompson asking Senator Bruce for help securing a position as school teacher for himself and his wife in another county since he wants to leave his current placement in De Soto county due to threats of violence, and a pay cut. Thompson...
GLC09400.019
26 April 1881
Thomas, H.H., (fl. 1881)
A personal letter to Senator Bruce, it starts by mentioning that Thomas used to own a barbershop in Kansas and had shaved the Senator when he was still teaching in Kansas. Thomas continues to talk about moving to New Mexico and the weather there, but...
GLC09400.129
1927/07
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1921-1927
Justice the issue! Shall Sacco and Vanzetti be judicially murdered?
This document is a printed broadside put out by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee which attacks the exclusive judgment of Judge Webster Thayer and says in part: "The issue is not only for Massachusetts. It is for America. The world will judge...
GLC05712.01
24 June 1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Christopher Gore
Written as an introductory letter for Mr. Tallerand and Beaumetz, "two gentlemen, of the greatest respectability, whom the troubles of France have constrained to quit their ... Country." Continues saying that "[t]hey are on a visit to New england...
GLC02437.10310
1836/04/03
Green, Rawleigh B., fl. 1836
to William Green re: Texas land deals
"The public lands...will be such as a capitalist could purchase to advantage...certainly a good investment unless the abolition questions should affect it."
GLC07141.02
1879/05/19
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
The Exodus [oppression of blacks in the South and their leaving for the North]
Apparently a sentiment or quotation written on blue lined paper, removed from a notebook or autograph album. This may be unrhymed verse. "If they were generally and systematically whipt starved and shot to death and if there were no rational ground...
GLC07563
18 June 1855
Brown, John, 1800-1859
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
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