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26 June 1866
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Treaty between the United States of America and the Western Bands of Shoshonee Indians
concluded October 1, 1863 proclaimed October 21, 1869
GLC04099.82
2 July 1863
Treaty between the United States of America and the Klamath and Moadac Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians
concluded October 14, 1864 proclaimed February 17, 1870
GLC04099.83
1806
Message from the President...transmitting...treaties...between... Indians
Printed by A. & G. Way. Transmitting copies of treaties made with "sundry tribes of Indians."
GLC04101
7 October 1796
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Commissioners of the City of Washington
Notifies the commissioners that Washington sent the wrong enclosure in a recent letter to them, requests its return, and indicates that the correct one has been sent. The commission was superintending the construction of the city of Washington and...
GLC04103
1844/01/21
Jones, Anson (1798-1858)
to N. P. Norton re: Republic of Texas politics, veto of bill to move capitol
The bill would have moved the capitol from Washington-on-Brazos to Austin. Jones also asks Norton if the wife of his slave William can be sold to him.
GLC04106
16 August 1793
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to John Hancock
Knox, Secretary of War, discusses President George Washington's orders regarding captured naval prizes. Requests that Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, restore any naval prizes brought into the harbors and ports of Massachusetts to the master or...
GLC04109
20 May 1834
United States. Congress (23d, 1st session : 1834). House.
Congressional report on regulating the Indian Department and map of Western Territory [Decimalized .01-.02]
This collection contains a map previously bound inside the book, 4132.01. The map is housed with size 3 manuscripts.
GLC04132
Regulating the Indian Department
House report submitted by Horace Everett, a representative from Vermont. Contains tables and documents related to United States treaty obligations, removal of Native Americans, and missionary work. Bound in back is a large folding map of the Indian...
GLC04132.01
1850
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891)
Reports of the Secretary of War, with reconnaissances of routes... [in Texas]
Full title: "Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso. By Brevet Lt. Col. J.E. Johnston...Capt. R.B. Marcy's Route From Fort Smith to Santa Fe...Expedition into the Navajo Country; and also the...
GLC04134
[1803]
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
An Account of Louisiana, being an abstract of documents, in the offices...
Bound with "Appendix to an Account of Louisiana." (The Appendix is sometimes bound separately.) First (true) edition of the official documents relating to the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.
GLC04138
1807
Pike, Zebulon M. (1779-1813)
An Account of a voyage up the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to its source
With folding map. Full title: "An account of a voyage up the Mississippi River : from St. Louis to its source, made under orders of the war department, by Lieut. Pike, of the United States Army, in the years 1805 and 1806 / compiled from Mr. Pike's...
GLC04139
1843
Smet, Pierre-Jean de (1801-1873)
Letters and sketches: with a narrative of a year's residence among the Indian tribes of the Rocky Mountains
Published by M. Fithian. Dedication included on the inside front cover to the Sisters of St. John's Asylum from Father Felix Joseph Barbelin. Smet records his journey past Chimney Rock, Nebraska, along the Missouri River, travelling as far as Fort...
GLC04145
1848
Abert, James William (1820-1897)
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report and map of the examination of New Mexico...
Title continues "made by Lieutenant J. W. Abert, of the Topographical Corps."
GLC04148
17 March 1858
Moore, John (1826-1907)
to James Kelly
Describes considerable suffering and deprivations experienced while preparing for armed conflict with the Mormons. Mentions discontent among the "ambitious young men in the army" because of a rumor that President James Buchanan made overtures to...
GLC04194.07
22 February 1862
to Mary Moore Kelly
He refers to the Sanitary Commission's pretentious movement, and complains about their nurses. Laments the fact that while he and the Army medical department do all the work, and the government pays all the costs, they receive all the criticism while...
GLC04195.03
1862/02/02
Kelly, James R. (fl. 1861-1862)
to Mary Kelly
Discusses miserably wet weather and deep mud. He believes "Providence" brought the bad weather to keep them from being slaughtered in battle. He criticizes Washington for the slow conduct of the war and believes that newspapers are making up battles...
GLC04197.16
29 April 1861
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[President Abraham Lincoln appoints William W. Ross as an agent for the Pottowatomie Indians in Kansas]
Countersigned by Caleb Blood Smith, Secretary of the Interior. Features embossed seal of the Department of the Interior.
GLC04206
1829
Statement on the Part of the United States, of the case... [Canadian boundary]
Concerning the dispute between the US and Britain over the border between Canada and Maine, which was arbitrated by the King of the Netherlands.
GLC04214
1 January 1844
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872)
Statement Showing expenditures on account of Magnetic Telegraph
Details the amount of money drawn from the Treasury, expenditure, and the balance left for the magnetic telegraph. Morse signed as Superintendent of the Electro Magnetic Telegraph. Entire right edge of paper is damaged with paper loss.
GLC04234
1870/03
Unclaimed 1870 IRS tax notice for George William (incomplete), with 1 cent stamp
GLC04242
1861
H.H. Lloyd & Co.
Lloyd's new political chart, 1861
Full title: "Lloyd's New Political Chart, 1861. With a Map of the United States, Showing the Free States, Border Slave States, Cotton States, and Territories, in Different Colors." Compiled and published by H.H. Lloyd & Co.'s Agents' General Depot...
GLC04243
Mexico. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores.
Tratado de paz, amistad, limites y arreglo definitivo entre la Republica mexicana y los Estados-Unidos de America [In Spanish]
Title continues "Concluido por los plenipotenciarios en Guadalupe Hidalgo el 2 de febrero, ratificado en Washington el 10 de marzo, y en Querétaro el 30 de mayo de 1848." Bilingual Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War. First complete...
GLC04257
3 March 1791
[Act of Congress for management of district jails]
Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Signed in type by Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Adams as Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, and approved by...
GLC04259
1 March 1900
Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)
The Future of the American Negro
Published by Small, Maynard & Company in 1899. Inscribed in 1900 on the inner front cover to Almira Thornton Goff, wife of Lyman B. Goff, an active Republican and head of the Union Wadding Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Includes a photograph...
GLC04297.01
21 February 1862
[Appointment of James R. Partridge as Minister Resident of the United States at Honduras]
Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Official notification of President Lincoln to Victoriana Castellanos, Acting President of the Republic of Honduras, that he has appointed James R. Partridge of Maryland as "Minister Resident of...
GLC04306
16 January 1818
Roberts, Jonathan (1771-1854)
to Tobias Sellers
Discusses local Pennsylvania politics and governmental appointments. Mentions that he disagrees with a movement to tax the second Bank of the United States and its branches because he believes it will effect the bank's credit. Reports that the...
GLC04309.02
21 August 1852
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883)
to Daniel Webster
Discusses the upcoming 1852 Presidential Election and various candidates and nominations. States his views on where Southern support lies for the upcoming nomination. Tells Webster his support in the south is solid, and encourages Webster not to...
GLC04320
16 April 1872
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
to unknown
He is against the renomination of Grant, "believing him entirely unworthy." He also writes that Grant has "little thought for the colored race" and freedmen. re: attacking Grant's nomination
GLC04324
17 January 1865
[Authority to affix the seal to a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship Indians].
Lincoln authorizes a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship (Goshute) Bands of Indians dated October 12, 1863. The treaty was made at Tuilla Valley, Utah Territory. Brigadier General P. Edward Connor, commander of the military district of Utah, and...
GLC04328
19 August 1861
[Presidential pardon of Arthur O'Bryan, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of attempted bestiality in August 1857].
Pardoned by Lincoln near the end of his sentence because of his exemplary behavior in prison, because he had been decent and well-behaved, but was drunk when he committed the offense, and at the request of a large number of respected citizens....
GLC04335
23 November 1948
Rutledge, Wiley B. (1894-1949)
to D. Lawrence Groner
Discusses a book that Groner mailed to Rutledge. Remarks that it reminded him of scenes from his childhood in eastern Tennessee.
GLC04352.06
3 February 1857
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to John B. Weller
Secretary of War Davis responds to a letter from California Senator Weller sent on 12 January 1857, which included an enclosed document from Thomas Buckmaster. Reports that Buckmaster claimed Davis had underestimated the amount of money Congress...
GLC04353.02
11 May 1875
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to J.C. Bancroft Davis
General Sherman writes to U.S. Minister to Germany to introduce Colonel George B. Corkhill, the editor of the Washington Chronicle, who was traveling in Europe. He comments "out here on the Mississippi we don't fear Kaiser or Pope." Further comments...
GLC04353.09
1881-1885
Arthur, Chester A. (1829-1886)
Executive Mansion logbooks of retained telegrams copies: 2 incoming, 2 outgoing
GLC04354
8 December 1881 - 13 January 1883
Executive Mansion logbook of retained telegrams copies: Incoming Messages
GLC04354.01
19 December 1881 - 3 March 1885
Executive Mansion logbook of retained telegrams copies: Outgoing Messages
GLC04354.02
3 December 1883 - 3 March 1885
GLC04354.03
7 April 1884 - 7 July 1884
Executive Mansion logbook of retained telegrams copies: Outgoing Messages (Political)
GLC04354.04
1875/11/18
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
To: Paymaster General.
Inviting the Paymaster general and Mrs. Alvord to dinner at the White House.
GLC04360.017
31 October 1824
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
to Charles Everett
Written by Monroe at the end of his presidency to Everett, his family physician and neighbor in Virginia. References Everett's previous letter and says he remained behind an extra day in the hope of seeing him. Relates that his duties are forcing him...
GLC04374
15 January 1829
Tyler, John (1790-1862)
to Robert Saunders
Reports on the Senate's plans to distribute extra revenue in the future, once the debt has been taken care of. Also mentions Littleton W. Tazewell's probably being offered Secretary of State, and Jackson expected to leave Nashville.
GLC04384
July 9, 1789
to George Walton re: circular to Governors transmitting Act for levying duties
Circular letter, lacking the act of Congress. Trimmed on right edge, with some loss of text. One bust engraving of Washington included.
GLC04388
12 November 1794
Notes on the State of Virginia (George Washington's copy)
Signed by Washington on the title page. The book is the second American edition of Notes on the State of Virginia, published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia, with original worn sheep binding. Jefferson's book not only covered geography of Virginia...
GLC04389
1857
Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew) (1791-1872)
Report of cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. December term, 1856.
Published by William M. Morrison and Company. Includes report on Dred Scott v. Sandford.
GLC04394
4 September 1951
Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972)
Address of the President at the Opening of the Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty
Inscribed to Oscar Ewing as a Christmas present. Dated 25 December 1951. No. 32 of 60 copies privately printed for Truman to give as Christmas presents.
GLC04400
31 January circa 1862
Barstow, Simon Forrester (1817-1882)
to Samuel Hooper
Barstow, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, writes to Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Complains he is constantly interrupted while writing. States, "I regretted nothing more in leaving Washington than my inability to...
GLC04418
5 December 1826
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
[State of the Union address by John Quincy Adams]
President Adams' State of the Union for 1826 printed in an extra from the National Journal, a Washington, D.C. newspaper.
GLC04419
no date
Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)
to Abram Wakeman
Marked private. Requests that he call on Abraham Lincoln, her husband, today. Discusses someone referred to only as "E." Remarks "The game of espionage has been going on to a greater extent, than we have imagined - If the Heavens fall E shall...
GLC04420
August 28, 1790
[Appointment of Robert Morris as judge of district court in New Jersey]
Countersigned by Thomas Jefferson. The words "By the President" are written in Jefferson's hand. Endorsed on verso by James Kinsey, stating that Robert Morris appeared on 10 September 1790 and took the oath of office as Judge of the district court...
GLC04421
2 August 1765
to Burwell Bassett re: poor crops, election to House of Burgesses, Stamp Act
Writes about the dry weather's effects on crops, his loss of wheat to rust, etc. Washington also notes receipt of the Governor's proclamation proroguing the assembly
GLC04441
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