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30 May 1839
Poinsett, Joel R.
[no.8]
Signed by Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett. "No. 8" Presidential appointment of Reynolds a "Cadet in the service of the United States . . . ." [Appointment to West Point]
GLC03614.02.01
29 November 1862
Stanton, Edwin M.
[major general Reynolds' commission]
Informing Reynolds of his commission as Major General of Volunteers and orders him to report for duty to Major General Rosecrans.
GLC03614.02.02
25 April 1863
Hardie, James A.
[forwarding Reynold's commission]
Forwarding Reynold's commission as Brigadier General. Addressed to "Maj. Gen'l J.J. Reynolds, U.S. Volunteers, 14th Corps Dept. of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn."
GLC03614.02.03
16 November 1864
Townsend, E. D.
Special Orders No. 400. Extract
"Special Orders. No. 400. Extract" Assigning Reynolds "to the command of the Military Division of West Mississippi during the disability of Major General Canby. . . ."
GLC03614.02.04
4 June 1866
Nichols, W. A.
Special Orders No. 262
"Special Orders, No. 262." Extending Reynolds' leave of absence until June 30th, 1866.
GLC03614.02.05
21 September 1866 - 31 October 1866
Unknown
[pay voucher for Col. J. J. Reynolds]
Pay voucher for "Col. J. J. Reynolds, 26 U. S. Infantry." The document includes pay, clothing allowance, and subsistence allowance for Reynolds and two civilian servants. The total payment is $ 347.37. The document has not been signed. A note on...
GLC03614.02.06
29 September 1866
Special Orders No. 484
"Special Orders, No. 484." re: Ordering Reynolds to appear before a board headed by Brigadier General Sidney Burbank at Chicago.
GLC03614.02.07
9 October 1866
Special Orders No. 501
"Special Orders, No. 501." Informing "Colonel Reynolds" that he has passed his examination and should report to his regiment without delay.
GLC03614.02.08
[Identical to number 8, except handwritten.]
GLC03614.02.09
1 November 1866
Special Orders No. 540
A handwritten copy of "Paragraph 11 Special Orders No 540" granting Reynold's request to delay joining his regiment until 12/20/1866. The regiment's headquarters will be in San Antonio.
GLC03614.02.11
18 March 1867
Kelton, J. C.
[Reynolds' commission as a colonel]
J. C. Kelton, Asst. Adjutant General, to J.J. Reynolds. Encloses his Commission as a Colonel [not in the collection].
GLC03614.02.14
20 April 1867
[Reynolds' commission as a brevet major general]
Encloses the Reynolds commission as Brevet Major General [not included].
GLC03614.02.15
30 October 1866
Permission to delay joining regiment granted to J. J. Reynolds until December 20, 1866.
GLC03614.02.17
28 February 1862
Greene, Evvert (fl. 1862)
to Dr. Rose
Discusses troop movements, Lincoln controlling trains, and expectations for a difficult war. Says that he does not know what plans are, but that Union forces are advancing, and seem to be concentrating for an upcoming attack. Feels "the time has...
GLC03616
circa 1863
Ware, John F. W. (John Fothergill Waterhouse) (1818-1881)
to the women of New England
The New England Women's Auxiliary Association encourages women to assist in the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission. Describing the organization, the Commission states, "It gives its aid whenever and wherever it is most needed...
GLC03619.01.01
7 July 1862
Thomas, Lorenzo (1804-1875)
[General Orders regarding a resolution to encourage enlistments in the regular army and volunteer forces]
Thomas, Adjutant General, issues orders intended to encourage military participation by offering payment to new and renewed enlistments and to those successful in recruiting new enlistments.
GLC03619.01.12
December 1861
[United States Army Volunteer enlistment form]
Blank enlistment form
GLC03619.02.05
GLC03619.02.06
20 May 1870
Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891)
to Ambrose Thompson
Admiral Porter sends Thompson some letters (introductions) and indicates he will send fifty more the next day. Written on Navy Department stationery. Thompson, a wealthy shipping magnate, was noted for his Civil War backing of a plan to colonize...
GLC03619.02.15
circa 4 November 1870
Admiral Porter indicates that he has written to B.S. Oslon, the editor of the "Nautical Gazette," to introduce Thompson in hopes that Thompson's articles, which should be of interest to "members of Congress," will be published there. Year is...
GLC03619.02.16
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
30 December 1804
Burr, Aaron (1756-1836)
to unknown
States that it is impossible for him to testify in a trial in Hartford, Connecticut on 2 March 1805. Remarks that he believes it unlikely that the court will not accommodate his time restraints as he is serving a public duty. Asks that if the trial...
GLC03623
13 January 1807
Fulton, Robert (1765-1815)
to Henry Dearborn
Asks Secretary of War Dearborn to "give the necessary orders for measuring the velocity of the waters of the Mississippi" by tracking the speed with which a wooden board tied to a line is carried away. He adds, "I hope this work will promote the...
GLC03624
2 April 1796
Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821)
to Samuel Bayard
Boudinot, director of the United States Mint, transmits Bills of Exchange (not included) to London to pay Bayard for copper imported to the United States. Reports that President George Washington refused to submit papers regarding negotiations with...
GLC03627
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
14 May 1780
Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)
to James Duane
Hamilton, serving as General George Washington's aide, asks Duane, a member of the Continental Congress, to help expedite a congressional action supplying Washington's army in anticipation of the arrival of a French fleet in June, 1780. Indicates...
GLC03636
28 May 1801
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Maria Eppes
Writes to his daughter about her health, his desire for Maria's presence in capital, and planning for her to visit. Waterstaining slightly obscures the text.
GLC03641
[ 10 December 1807 ]
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
22 January 1809
[Order to Militia officers to enforce the Embargo Act]
Indicates that a ship near Maryland and Virginia intends to violate the Embargo Act and orders it seized. The order was issued at the instigation of Charles Simms, a collector of customs in Virginia.
GLC03643
1806
Ellery, William (1727-1820)
Message from the President...communicating discoveries made...by...Lewis & Clark
GLC03644
29 December 1780
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834)
to Richard Meade
Discusses selection of an American envoy being sent to France. Congress had decided to send an envoy extraordinary to France to secure a loan and improve supply shipments. Lafayette tried to help Alexander Hamilton attain this post, but failed....
GLC03647
28 February 1863
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to pardon John Mardes].
GLC03648
09 August 1864
to Edward Canby re: orders to allow exportation of Texas cotton
GLC03649
10 October 1864
Pardon of Levi Underwood
Convicted of larceny and sentenced to one year in prison. Justice associates suggested Executive clemency, and recommended a pardon. Levi was granted a full and unconditional pardon by Lincoln (c/s Seward)
GLC03650
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
14 January 1818
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
[Pardon of Henry F. Doyhar for keeping a billiard table without a license].
Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Fined $150. Pardoned because of his misunderstanding of the licensing requirements and his indigent circumstances.
GLC03655
9 February 1820
to George Hay
President Monroe writes to Hay, his son-in-law. Monroe discusses a recent political plan (possibly the Missouri Compromise), stating "My own opinion always has been that the union cannot be shaken, tho I greatly lament that a question like the...
GLC03656
21 January 1860
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
to John McNeil re: foreseeing civil war
Written while on vacation. Argues that Civil War is inevitable unless the Democrats regain control of the government
GLC03660
10 February 1781
Barber, Francis (1750-1783)
to Elias Dayton
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Barber of the 3rd New Jersey regiment to Colonel Dayton, Barber's brigade commander. Encloses a letter from George Washington for Dayton, who is coalescing from illness. Also sending letters from Washington to Colonels...
GLC03662.03
1910 ca.
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Signed White House card
Printed card signed by "Theodore Roosevelt" undated.
GLC03663.04
14 February 1820
Tyler, John (1790-1862)
to Spencer Roane
Written by Tyler as Republican Congressman from Virginia to Roane as Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Writes to Roane about issues surrounding the Missouri Compromise debates. Tyler was concerned with Northern arguments that...
GLC03670
25 September 1777
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Bryan Fairfax re: allowing Fairfax to visit to discuss British peace proposal
With a note in a different hand on the address leaf stating "containing a pas[s]port to travel to the camp." Washington also assures Fairfax of his friendship, despite "the difference in our political Sentiments...."
GLC03674
18 September 1780
Dundas, Ralph (b. 1732)
to James Dundas
Dundas, Captain of the H. M. S. Bonetta, informs his brother James he was in New York and other locations before moving north to Nova Scotia. Reports that on the way, his men took five prizes and reclaimed two brigs containing low-valued cargo....
GLC03676.02
24 December 1866
to Edward Canby re: disputes in Texas convention on dividing Texas into 2 states
GLC03677
1 August 1850
Phelps, Samuel Shethar (1793-1855)
to J. H. Barrett
Phelps, a Whig Senator from Vermont, writes to J. H. Barrett, possibly Joseph Hartwell Barrett. Relates that an article by E. D. Barber in the "Brandon Post" (a newspaper from Brandon, Vermont) provided misinformation regarding the Clayton Bill of...
GLC03678.01
22 August 1850
Docketed with blue ink. Possibly to J. H. Barrett (refer to GLC03678.01). Discusses the Compromise of 1850 (the Pearce Act) in detail. Phelps offers his opinion on the act, which related to the extension of slavery in territories acquired by the...
GLC03678.02
circa 1837
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Farewell address of Andrew Jackson
This document is a copy of Andrew Jackson's farewell address. In it, he says "Our country has improved and is flourishing beyond any former example in the history of nations," Jackson writes. Like Washington's farewell address, he warns of the...
GLC03680
1864 ca.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)
6th plate Ambrotype portrait of the General in uniform, in frame
GLC03686
15 September 1857
Cobb, Howell (1815-1868)
to Robert E. Rogers and Henry Vethake
Rogers and Vethake were appointed Treasury Department commissioners in July 1857. Requests them to report to him as soon as possible if they intend to accept the appointment, and if so they are to "arrange with the Director of the Mint to give Dr...
GLC03689
16 May 1876
Lee, Samuel Phillips (1812-1897)
to William Maury re: pardon and restoring political rights to C.S. Naval Officers.
GLC03694
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