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1900
Wilson, Herbert Wrigley, 1866-1940
The downfall of Spain: Naval History of the Spanish-American War
With long note of James E. Carr, Jr., regarding his receiving this book on loan. Carr's bookplate affixed to front cover.
GLC05642
1913
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Speeches of William Jennings Bryan, revised and arranged by himself, with a biographical introduction by Mary Baird Bryan, his wife
Inscribed to P.L. Goldsborough, who may be Phillips Lee Goldsborough, governor of Maryland. Volume one consists of 347 pages; volume two 428 pages plus ten pages of advertisements.
GLC05683
1909
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Letters to his wife Nellie re: appointments, personal [decimalized]
GLC05585
27 January 1907
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
to Ruth Patton
Writes to his mother regarding his time at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mentions his grades and discusses having purchased books on tactics that he plans on reading during his trip home. Letterhead imprint reads 1909 (Patton's...
GLC05618
1923/12/22
to Gertrude Ely
Notes that he shares Ely's "impatience and amusement" with the Molly Pitcher Club. Discusses attempts to alter the Volstead law and his personal opposition to prohibition. But because of his belief in popular government he must respect the law....
GLC07319
17 June 1926
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
[Presidential commutation for Arthur Franzblau, convicted of mail fraud 24 February 1924 in New York]
Arthur Franzblau was convicted of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in the U.S. District Court of Southern New York and sentenced to one year in the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on 2...
GLC07326
1906/04/18
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to Charles M. Bruce
To be held at the Middlesex Club in Boston. "No man cherished General Grant's memory with more affection than I do. And it is always a pleasure to me to testify to the nobility of his character."
GLC07301
15 December 1911
[Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth]
Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon...
GLC07318
17 March 1909
to Chinn
Written on Department of Justice stationery. Orders Chinn to go to the Gazette Office the following day and obtain fifteen copies for which Mosby previously paid. Declares, "I have no objection to anybody knowing that I am the author but I made the...
GLC07347
1900/11/10
to Sam Houston re: information to be used in biography of Gov. John Letcher
Written in blue ink. (Water damage.)
GLC07346
7 November 1901
Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906
A signed and dated one page statement of the current state of her work for equal rights for women
Anthony states: "The one purpose of my life has been the establishment of perfect equality of rights for women...civil and political-industrial and educational."
GLC07337
1915/11/08
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to Henry A. W. Wood re: a speech by President Wilson
GLC07756
1915-1931
Collection of World War I correspondence [decimalized .01-.107]
GLC07810
July 30, 1912
to The State and County Chairmen of the National Progressive Party
One letter from Theodore Roosevelt to The State and County Chairmen of the National Progressive Party date July 30, 1912. The letter is regarding woman's suffrage, with many handwritten corrections and notations.
GLC07818
1912/07/12
Significant portion of "Armageddon"
Typed manuscript with autograph corrections.
GLC07790
1909/06/28
to R.U. Johnson re: free art amendment to tariff bill
Taft proposes that he will most likely be able to prevent the free art amendment from being altered in committee. He does state, however, that the 20 year proviso might not be as detrimental to the bill as Johnson might think.
GLC07896
1927/02/28
Wall, Alexander J., 1884-1944
to Johnston L. Redmond re: missing items from the "Duke's Laws"
Alexander J. Wall, a librarian at The New York Historical Society, writes that Redmond's copy of the "Duke's Laws" is "considerably condensed in the text" and lacking in some items.
GLC03107.04855
1929
Webster, J. Clarence, 1863-1950
Samuel Vetch
An address by Dr. J. Clarence Webster of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada on the occasion of the dedication of a monument to Samuel Vetch first British Governor of Nova Scotia. Printed in 1929.
GLC03107.05333
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