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1839/09/04
Knight, F., fl. 1839
to clerk of Southampton, Va. re: possibility of blacks being sent to Liberia
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1872/07/24
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Pardon of Jeremiah Hendricks (c/s Hamilton Fish) , convicted of murder
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1836/07/08
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Authorization for Richard Rush to prosecute claim to the Smithsonian bequest
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1870 ca.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Cabinet card of William T. Sherman
Oval bus portrait, in uniform. Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of Brady, Washington, D.C., on both recto and verso.
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1793/05/06
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to Nathaniel Appleton re: attachment of stocks in the loan office
Addressed to Appleton as Commissioner of Loans, Boston.
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1861 ca.
Epitaph of the United States [South Carolina secession]
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1862/11/22
Houston, J.N., fl. 1862
to "Dear Brother" re: secession
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March 1865
Fort Sumter flag raising
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26 March 1803
New York herald. [No. 129 (March 26, 1803)]
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1841/07/29
Tuck, Jesse G., fl. 1841
to Stephen H. Stone re: quality of life and African Americans in St. Louis
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1864/10/02
Beech, John D., fl. 1864
to "Dear Mother" re: 1864 election
Jenness, George Bennings
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1825/08/02
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
to John F. Parrott re: papers given in Senate on Colombian Slave trade treaty
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1784/03/04
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Act re: election of five commissioners to negotiate Indian treaties
Elected commissioners are George Rogers Clarke, Oliver Wolcott, Nathaniel [sic] Greene, Richard Butler, and Stephen Higgenson.
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1865 ca.
Barr & Young (photographer)
Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant
Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of Barr and Young, Army Photographers, Vicksburg, Miss., on verso.
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Irwin McDowell
Half length seated carte de visite portrait Irwin McDowell, in uniform. Imprint of E. & H.T. Anthony, New York. Published from a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
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1885
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Framed bust portrait, in uniform
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1864/04/07
Smith, Edmund Kirby, 1824-1893
to Thomas C. Reynolds re: predicting victory
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1781/10/31
Washington, George, 1732-1799
To: Lieutenant Colonel Jean Babtiste Gouvion.
Commendation of Jean B. Gouvion's "most valuable services" at Yorktown.
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8 June 1789
Washington, Martha, 1731-1801
to Frances B. Washington.
Account of Washington's inauguration. Martha gives details of her journey as well as the reception she received on the way to Philadelphia. Also included in the letter are accounts of articles of clothing purchased and procured and of children and...
GLC07908
1781/03/12
To: William Greene.
Requests Greene to relocate cannons from Providence to Rochambeau's post.
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1780/06/30
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
To: Jean B. Gouvion.
Lafayette informs Gouvion of "good news," Rodney has been defeated in two different engagements and six of his vessels have for some time been out of combat."
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1847/05/16
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
To: Robert Wood
Taylor suggests that if he were to be nominated for the United States Presidency he would have to decline until after the Mexican War was over, and that it would have to be for the good of a nation and not that of a party. Taylor states that "There...
GLC07906
1863/10/27
Pegram, John, 1832-1865
Charges against a private for striking a superior officer.
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1837/03/01
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
To: Capt. A. Neal.
Sam Houston ordering Neal to pay Mr. Robinson with cattle.
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1829/07/02
To: Amos Kendall.
Jackson states that as long as one looks to the land as their guide and keeps justice the "end in sight," they shall maintain the support of the people.
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