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1866
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. 2 Vols.
These albums are in the original format, showing photographs taken while in Brady's studio. Depicts Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg, etc.
GLC03547
2 April 1917
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights
Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."
GLC03621
15 April 1873
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
Pardon of Joseph Woodyard, convicted of failing to cancel revenue stamps on empty spirit-casks.
(c/s Hamilton Fish)
GLC03634
[ 10 December 1807 ]
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to NJ Legislature re: domestic & foreign affairs, gratitude [incomplete]
Dating from Bergh, Collected Writings of TJ, v. 16: 294-96. The last two paragraphs are lacking from this document. Discusses the Embargo Act (obliquely).
GLC03642
1824
Marshall, John (1755-1835)
Supreme Court Opinion, Osborn et al. v. the Bank of the U.S.
The case upheld the primacy of Federal law over the states. Not in Rhodes' calendar of Marshall's papers (1969). Compare: writings (1839) 315-42, Dillon, Complete Constitutional Decisions of Marshall, (1903) 466-511, and other sources.
GLC03653
9 September 1786
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to John Francis Mercer
Washington replies to a letter from Mercer, noting that he would have replied sooner, but he had a fever. Expresses his plan to never purchase another slave, and his wish that slavery be abolished by "slow, sure & imperceptible degrees." Discusses...
GLC03705
29 December 1777
to New Hampshire re: asking for supplies, call to arms & poor state of army
Written in the hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Washington appeals for clothing and supplies for his troops. Copies of this letter went to every state. Washington writes in part: "We had in Camp on the 23rd Instt. by a field report then taken, not...
GLC03706
28 June 1863
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Robert E. Lee
Reviews confederate military position on the eve on Gettysburg. Discusses General U.S. Grant's entrenchment at the Mississippi and attempt to take Vicksburg from General Joseph Johnston. Mentions the need to reinforce Johnston with troops from...
GLC03778
14 March 1805
to Isaac Briggs re: reports on formation of government & surveying of Louisiana
With three drafts of letters by Briggs to Jefferson.
GLC03872
circa February 1817
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
[Draft of first inaugural address]
First draft of president-elect Monroe's inauguration address. Monroe gave the address, with substantial changes, on 4 March 1817, beginning the Era of Good Feelings. The speech was the first outdoor inauguration since Washington's in 1789. Monroe's...
GLC03880
15 January 1784
Washington, Martha (1731-1801)
to Hannah S. Boudinot
Writes about the pleasure of returning to domestic life after the termination of the Revolutionary War. Congratulates Boudinot on returning to her own home after a seven year exile and on the improved health of her daughter, Susan Boudinot. States...
GLC03909
June 4 1907
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Chapman
Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an...
GLC03921.21
1864/02/01
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to Edwin M. Stanton
Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government...
GLC03973
no date
Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell) (1825-1906)
The Story of American Liberty as told by Ivan Ivanoff.
Contained in two parts. Part one, 68 pages in length, contains a preface by Tidball, in which he discusses Ivanoff's manuscript, which he claims was found after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia. Writes that the manuscript, originally...
GLC04041.01
4 April 1832
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek Tribe of Indians
GLC04099.01
8 April 1834
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Quapaw Indians
GLC04099.03
20 May 1836
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Pottawatamie Indians
GLC04099.05
2 March 1839
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Ioway Tribe of Indians
GLC04099.07
18 July 1845
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek and Seminole Tribes of Indians
Typed date of March 6 has been crossed out and changed to July 18
GLC04099.09
12 April 1834
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Appalachicola Band of Indians
GLC04099.11
10 August 1854
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Kaskaskias and Others
GLC04099.13
5 February 1855
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Rogue River Indians
GLC04099.15
17 July 1854
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Ioway Indians
GLC04099.17
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Kickapoo Indians
GLC04099.19
10 April 1855
Treaty Between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
GLC04099.21
Treaty Between the United States and the Nisqually and other Bands of Indians
GLC04099.23
Treaty Between the United States and the Indians of Willamette Valley
GLC04099.25
24 September 1857
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Treaty Between the United States Four Confederate Bands Pawnee Indians
GLC04099.27
19 June 1858
Treaty Between the United States and the Mendawakanton and Wahpakoota Bands of Dakota or Sioux Tribe of Indians
GLC04099.29
11 April 1859
Treaty Between the United States and the Dwamish, Suqamish, and Other Allied Subordinate Tribes of Indians in Washington Territory
written on January 22, 1855
GLC04099.31
18 April 1859
Treaty Between the United States and the Makah Tribe of Indians
written on January 31, 1855
GLC04099.33
27 April 1859
Treaty Between the United States and the Mo-Lal-La-Las Indians
written on November 29, 1854
GLC04099.35
29 April 1859
Treaty Between the United States and the Nez Perce Indian
written on June 11, 1855
GLC04099.37
22 August 1860
Treaty Between the United States and the Deleware Tribe of Indians
written on May 30, 1860
GLC04099.39
23 March 1861
Treaty Between the United States and the Winnebago Tribe of Indians
written on April 15, 1859
GLC04099.41
15 April 1862
Treaty Between the United States and the Pottawatomie Nation of Indians
concluded November 15, 1861 proclaimed April 19, 1862
GLC04099.43
7 March 1864
Treaty Between the United States and the Shoshhonee-Goship Bands of Indians
concluded October 19, 1863 proclaimed January 17, 1865
GLC04099.45
13 February 1866
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Treaty Between the United States and the Omaha Tribe of Indians
concluded March 6, 1865 proclaimed February 15. 1866
GLC04099.47
5 March 1866
Treaty Between the United States and the Lower Brule Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians
concluded October 14, 1865 proclaimed March 17, 1866
GLC04099.49
Treaty Between the United States and the O'Gallala Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians
concluded October 28, 1865 proclaimed March 17, 1866
GLC04099.51
Treaty Between the United States and the Sans Arc Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians
concluded October 20, 1865 proclaimed March 17, 1866
GLC04099.53
Treaty Between the United States and the Upper Yantonais Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians
GLC04099.55
concluded March 8, 1865 proclaimed March 28, 1866
GLC04099.57
22 May 1866
Treaty Between the United States and the Apache, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians
concluded October 17, 1865 proclaimed May 26, 1866
GLC04099.59
5 July 1866
Treaty Between the United States and the Woll-Pah-Pe Tribe of Snake Indians
concluded August 12, 1865 proclaimed July 10, 1866
GLC04099.61
Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa Indians of Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River, Michigan
concluded October 18. 1864 proclaimed August 16, 1866
GLC04099.63
26 June 1866
Treaty Between the United States and the Great and Little Osage Indians
concluded September 25, 1865 proclaimed January 21, 1867
GLC04099.65
7 March 1867
Supplemental Treaty Between the United States and the Ponca Tribe of Indians
concluded March 10, 1865 proclaimed March 28, 1867
GLC04099.67
17 April 1867
Treaty Between the United States and the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians
concluded June 9. 1863 proclaimed April 20, 1867
GLC04099.69
6 June 1868
Supplemental Article to the Treaty of July 19, 1866, between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation of Indians
concluded April 27, 1868 proclaimed June 10, 1868
GLC04099.71
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