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4 November 1814
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to William B. Lewis
Requisitioning lead and powder prior to the Battle of New Orleans: "A few more attacks...will soon exhaust my supplies..."
GLC08252
25 May 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Presidential pardon of Richard Hayden, who was convicted of destroying letters stolen from the mail].
Pardon signed by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Hayden was in an "advanced stage of pulmonary consumption" at the time of the pardon.
GLC08253
20 December 1783
Revolutionary War poems
[Collection of 2 printed rebus poems]. Decimalized.
GLC08255
15 April
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
to Henry Clymer
Clymer writes his brother a humorous letter re-naming the family farm: "You want I suppose it should be like Don Quixote's horse at once sonorous and significant." Includes two illustrations. No year.
GLC08256
06 October 1795
Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795
[Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]
Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."
GLC08257
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