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16 March 1791
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Charles Storer
Recalling the Boston Massacre, also his defense of Constitution: "Equal laws cannot be preserved without there independent orders forming a mutual balance."
GLC08080
09 March 1831
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
To: Joseph Blunt.
Criticizing Jackson administration and spoils system, including mention of Peggy Eaton affair: They have no "character to lose."
GLC08081
11 December 1859
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
To: William Kellogg.
Re: Election of 1860 & difficulties in dealing with Horace Greeley and Greeley's support of Stephen Douglas.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. III 1858 - 1860, p. 506
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29 March 1865
To: Ulysses S. Grant.
Re: Troop movements at Port Stedman at the end of the war: "From what direction did the enemy come?"
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14 April 1865
Edict.
Granting amnesty to a group of confederate prisoners provided they take oath (one of the last official acts before his assisination), under Andrew Johnson, ES,4/12/1865.
GLC08091
08 December 1869
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
To: Gideon Welles.
Condemning Reconstruction. "There has never been a greater outrage perpetrated...since the formation of the government."
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6 December 1864
[Fragment of Lincoln's last State of the Union address concerning the thirteenth amendment]
An 11-line fragment of his last Annual Message to Congress dealing with the failure of Congress to pass the thirteenth amendment and recommending they reconsider: "At the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution [inserted...
GLC08094
8 June 1781
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
to Henry Knox
Humphreys, an aide-de-camp for George Washington, informs Knox that Washington "thinks in the present state of our Ammunition not more than 15,000 of the Cartridges at Succasanna can be spared to the State of New Jersey..." Asks Knox to issue the...
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24 May 1781
Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826
to James Dundas
Mentions the marriage of D. Erskine and the parliamentary elections. Describes his first visit to the opera, which he detested. Compares listening to songs in foreign languages (he does not understand) to "those poor bigots who say their prayers in...
GLC02549.17
June 5, 1866
Moore, John, 1826-1907
to Mary Moore Kelly
The rain has prevented plantations from running as normal. He reports on political events in Europe, and the Fenian uprising indicating the universal desire of people to govern themselves. He refers to people from Bloomington. A meeting will...
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