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1836/07/04
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
Pass For George P. Digges to deliver Santa Anna's terms of surrender
Orders to take "very important documents to the east." With endorsement on verso of George P. Digges for $14.75 in expenses.
GLC03037
1838/06/30
Hockley, George W., 1802-1851
Certificate for bounty land for Francis Hunt
Signed as Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas. The bouty is contingent upon Hunt's honorable discharge. Note: This is NOT a soldier's discharge.
GLC03039
1820/10/04
Adams, John, 1735-1826
To: Jonathan Mason.
Regarding Gov. William Shirley, dismissal of Col. John Quincy and the British government's arbitrary practices in Quincy, Mass.
GLC03099
09 July 1829
Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869
to Francis P. Blair
Reports on an upcoming duel between Sanders and Hawkins, begun when Hawkins was insulted that Sanders fired him, despite his mediocre performance. Hopes that Hawkins "gets a little hurt" in the duel, since he has acted so inappropriately. Says...
GLC03209.10
6 March 1832
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
[Bank of the United States third exchange draft to Treasurer of the United States Mint William Findlay].
Issued by Baring Brothers, the bank's English agent. Endorsed on verso by Findlay payable to Mathew R. Boulton. Biddle was President of the Second Bank of the United States from 1822 until 1834. Boulton is possibly Matthew R. Boulton, a partner...
GLC03138
1834/08/17
Cleveland, Jesse, fl. 1831-1834
Asks Blair to draft a resolution against the Bank of the United States, which he will show to his state legislature in Georgia. Objects specifically to foreign investors being involved with the Bank. Also wants the resolution to denounce those who...
GLC03209.07
28 February 1836
Smith, Henry W., 1836-1869
Texas expects every man to do his duty... [calling for reinforcements at Alamo]
GLC03230.01
Travis, William B., fl. 1835
to the citizens of Texas: "Victory Or death" [Alamo]
Travis' broadside reprints his appeal for reinforcements at the Alamo. Streeter Texas 48: 132-32A, 145, 148.
GLC03230.02
19 May 1860
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 5950 (May 19, 1860)]
Discusses the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President by the Republican National Convention, which convened May 1860 in Chicago, Illinois. Reports on the reaction of citizens in New York City to the announcement of Lincoln's nomination, including...
GLC03127
4 August 1851
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
[Authorization to affix the seal of the United States]
Gives authorization to Robert P. Letcher to finalize the implementation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and to conclude a convention with the Mexican Indians. One black and white bust engraving and one black and white seated full length engraving...
GLC02775
21 November 1846
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
to John Serretta
Denies three Mexican priests serving in the United States permission to aid their colleagues in Mexico. Suggests that the priests try traveling with a neutral ship. Signed as Secretary of State during the Mexican War. Impression in upper left...
GLC02776
1818/01/21
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Edward Livingston
Acknowledging a bronze casting of Napoleon, and offering thanks for the gift. Written as General in the U.S. Army.
GLC02769
22 March 1848
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
to Signore Mancinelli
Hopes that Mancinelli remembers him. Writes to introduce Dr. Loring, who is visiting Rome. Congratulates Mancinelli "on having so noble a Pope. Protestants as we are, we will all shout, Viva Papa Pio IX." Supposes that Mancinelli knows his American...
GLC02509.08
1830/10/18
Letter by Andrew Jackson and engraving of him [Decimalized .01-.02]
A letter by President Andrew Jackson to Hardy M. Cryer, and an engraving of Jackson by A. B. Walter.
GLC02526
1816
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Message of the President re: American seamen imprisoned at Dartmoor Prison
Printed by William A. Davis. List over 2000 naval POWs by name and rank, how and where they were captured, where confined and when exchanged.
GLC02885
1822/06/05
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to unknown
Indicates that he is sending a favorable examination of claims due to Henry Clay for his role in negotiating a "commercial treaty with G Britain, jointly with Mr Adams & Mr Gallatin, which you will Find in his Favor". Written as President.
GLC02897
29 June 1840
to Henry A. Muhlenberg
Comments on the 1840 presidential campaign and states that they are "in the midst of a higher political excitement than I have ever yet witnessed ... " Believes that Pennsylvania will support Democrat Martin Van Buren though the Whigs have...
GLC02919
19 November 1846
Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889
to William Latta
Reports on the Battle of Monterey and admits that his romantic ideas of war have been replaced with the harsh realities of battle and death. Writes that all accounts in the newspapers are wrong and that the report written by General Zachary Taylor...
GLC02905
1847
N. Currier (Firm)
General Scott's victorious entry into the City of Mexico Sept. 14th 1847
Colored lithograph depicting General Winfield Scott entering Mexico City in 1847. Scott is surrounded by other soldiers on horseback. There is an American flag flying in the background. Printed by N. Currier "in the Clerk's office of the District...
GLC02918.01
4 July 1817
North, William, 1755-1836
[Record of his family history and short biography]
Written by North for one of his grandchildren. Speaks of his family that came from Ireland in 1720 and settled in eastern Massachusetts at Yarmouth. Mentions that his mother sold the estate they had when he was 10 or 12 years old after his father...
GLC02541.01
18 September 1823
[An account of the execution of Major John Andre]
Details the execution of Major John Andre, accused of being a spy, and expresses his sympathetic feelings toward Andre's unfortunate fate. Describes how Baron Von Steuben could not comply with Andre's wish to suffer a soldier's death by being shot...
GLC02541.02
23 April 1842
Theobald, Mathew, 1790-1856
[Abstinence pledge card]
Printed card, with various illustrations, stating that Catherine Cauty has taken the "the Total Abstinence Pledge." Cauty has card number 4281797. Signed by Theobald as president of the society. Pledge card states that Cauty will refrain from...
GLC02542.27
1851/12/31
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
to Alfred E. Burr
Asks Burr to write a letter to Thomas J. Rusk, even though he had previously asked Gideon Welles to do so. Also asks Burr to send him the "piece you spoke of in the Times, the Santa Anna letter, and the last 'Times'."
GLC02925.14
Yeager, Joseph, fl. 1792-1859
Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham
Hand colored engraving shows the battle from the British lines. With black and white bust of Andrew Jackson surrounded by flags in the center of the title. This copy is the first state of this print, showing the officer standing to the right of...
GLC03529
27 January 1821
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to William S. Cardell
Jefferson asks Cardell to thank the American Academy of Language & Belles Lettres for giving him an honorary membership. Comments on the role of language in the advancement of science, making references to England and France, and contends that...
GLC03785
22 June 1846
to James Boyd re: circular, instructions to US envoys abroad [printed]
Printed letters signed as Secretary of State.
GLC03712
20 January 1855
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Robert Tyler
Written from former President Tyler's plantation, Sherwood Forest, to his son Robert. Robert transmitted a letter from Mr. Buchanan (President James Buchanan, confirmed by docket). John returns the letter, encouraging Robert to respond in a way...
GLC03671
22 August 1817
To the Inhabitants of the town of Saco
Written by Monroe as President during his tour of the country after his victory in the election of November 1816. This tour echoed the famous tours of America President George Washington made in 1789 and 1791. The tour inaugurated what is known as...
GLC03400
25 January 1838
Encloses a letter (not included) from "an old woman, who with the rest of his negroes, was liberated by Mr. Alexander Donelson." Notes that the entire family, with the exception of the woman and her husband, left for Liberia. Her son and daughter...
GLC03317
30 January 1846
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to John MacKay
Written as Captain of Topological Engineers working on the defenses of New York City harbor. Written in a playful manner typical of his other letters to MacKay, a close friend. Lee worries about MacKay's lingering illness and hopes the warm Gulf...
GLC03324
6 September 1846
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876
[In Spanish]
Signed as General and President of Mexico.
GLC03340
1853 to 1875
[Correspondence relating to John Cripps and James Gadsden] [Decimalized]
Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary. The set contains 46 letters and 5 miscellaneous envelopes. The collection deals mainly with the state of affairs in Mexico post-Mexican War and wresting power away from Gadsden's...
GLC03587
21 August 1818
to William Tudor
Adams argues repeatedly from James Otis's work concerning Parliament's attempt to exercise control of the American colonies. He concludes with the statement "[t]hat Parliment had not Authority over America in any case Whatever."
GLC03625
1815
Message from the President... transmitting a Treaty of Peace...[with] Algiers
Printing a the treaty of peace between the U.S. and the Dey of Algiers with the statements of American peace commissioners Stephen Decatur and William Shaler. Printed by William A. Davis.
GLC02822
1840/03/04
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Roscoe G. Greene re: Grey's Elegy, the Constitution
Adams comments at length upon punctuation in Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" (and the powers of Congress as limited or expanded by a semi-colon in the Constitution. He also writes that "No land of slavery could ever have produced Grey's Elegy."
GLC02847
[1810 ca.]
Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810
to unknown re: humorous anecdote regarding servants' antics in Algiers
GLC02794.175
1816/07/04
Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848
MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11th. 1814.
Engraved and published by Tanner and printed by Rosner & Eskr. The defeat of the British at the Battle of Plattsburg thwarted Sir George Prevost's planned invasion of the United States through the Hudson Valley and strengthened the American...
GLC02810
2 December 1826
Porter, David, 1780-1843
to R. Smith
Writing to a banker in Washington, D.C., arranges for his wife's finances after his defection to Mexico. Sends along with his letter eight hundred dollars, four hundred of which is to be given to his wife, the rest to be put in his bank account....
GLC02734
14 March 1847
Patterson, Robert M., 1787-1854
to Winfield Scott
Discusses the field tactics of Generals Twiggs, Quitman, and Scott. Written as major general of volunteers.
GLC02732
1841
Argument of John Quincy Adams, before the Supreme Court of the United States : in the case of the United States, appellants, vs. Cinque, and others,...
... (title continues) Africans, captured in the schooner Amistad, by Lieut. Gedney, delivered on the 24th of February and 1st of March, 1841: with a review of the case of the Antelope, reported in the 10th, 11th, and 12th volumes of Wheaton's Reports...
GLC03809
24 December 1823
[Instructions to James Brown, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France]
Written by Quincy Adams as Secretary of State to Brown as American Ambassador to France. Lists 14 items he included with instructions, including: a commission for his post, a letter of credence to King Louis XVIII, full powers for negotiating...
GLC03922
March 8, 1830
to Samuel D. Ingham
Writes that Martin Gordon, a customs agent, was accused by traders of being too rigid in adherence to his duties. Jackson tells Ingham to admonish Gordon, advise him to be more lenient, but also hear his side of the story. Writes, "...whilst we...
GLC00021
March 3, 1849
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Pardon of Seth B. Horton, convicted of violating a seamen protection act. Includes petitions, transmission letters and pardon receipt.
Horton, late master of the Barque "T.O. Brown," was convicted of violating a seamen protection act [3rd Section, 9th Chapter, concerning consuls and vice consuls] of Feb. 1803. Conditionally pardoned because the violation was not willful, Horton must...
GLC00045.10
January 27, 1852
Pardon of Bernhardt Taucke, convicted of over-boarding his Brig "Caroline." Inlcudes certification letter.
Taucke's vessel, the Danish Brig. "Caroline," was seized for it being over the 11 passenger limit. Remission of fine of $150, which has been noted on p. 3 by P. Riley of Boston. (c/s Daniel Webster)
GLC00045.12
15 June 1846
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of David McKittrich, master of the British Barque Envoy].
GLC00076.03
March 30, 1847
to Robert Dodge
Granting Dodge a courier's passport for France. Apologizes for being unable to grant the pass originally asked for, but Dodge's intentions did not comply with the uses of that particular document.
GLC00091.03
March 20, 1820
to Tench Coxe
Written by Madison during his retirement after the presidency to Coxe, a former Continental Congressman and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury known for his political and economic writings. Coxe had previously switched parties from Federalist to...
GLC00085
1820/06/12
Zimmerman, fl. 1820
to Mssrs. Lafarge, Patterson, & Havre re: trade in South America
Zimmerman writes that recent political unrest has left the South American provinces without a government, but hopes that a just system will be settled upon soon. He then describes how trade has been affected in the region. The letter is marked as a...
GLC03107.04789
1816/04/02
Fletcher, William, fl. 1816
to William D. Patterson re: decision to give up trade
Fletcher writes that he is going to give up trade, as it only causes him a loss of profit. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04551
1836/10/28
Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813
to Montgomery Livingston re: best wishes for a pleasant stay in Italy
Robert L. Livingston wishes his son Montgomery to enjoy his stay in Italy and to learn as much as he can of its Roman history. He also gives news of the family at Clermont.
GLC03107.04555
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