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1722/12/03
Sewell, Samuel, 1652-1730
Order to search for kidnapped slave signed by Sewall as Chief Justice
Order signed by Sewall as Chief Justice of Massachusetts.
GLC07448
1863 ca.
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
Engraving with original painted border showing Banks, Battle of Port Hudson, etc
Oval engraving, retouched, surrounded by a painted gouache border illustrating Banks's career as a politician and general. Possibly intended for reproduction. Signed lower right by "Wm Thomberger."
GLC07449
[1863]
Baird, Henry C., 1825-1912
Washington and Jackson on Negro Soldiers...
Title continued: "Gen. Banks on the Bravery of Negro troops..." Includes one page poem by George F. Boker, at end. Urging Union use of black troops; Banks' report on Port Hudson.
GLC07417
1884/02/01
Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906
re: apathy of women in Suffrage movement
"And my answer to the Men-is-that if they insist of leaving the women of this republic disfranchised until the vast majority of them demand it-there is no hope for our emancipation from political serfdom."
GLC07419
4 May 1865
[Crowd in front of Lincoln's Springfield home after funeral]
Image of Lincoln's funeral train and Springfield townspeople posed in front of the late President's home, following his burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery on May 4. The home is draped in mourning and decorated with evergreens. Some members of the crowd are...
GLC07418
1781/01/19
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
to unknown re: mission in Philadelphia and need for money
"You must naturally conclude that in taking up this business in its present situation, supplies of money will be necessary." Probably written to Robert Morris.
GLC07420
1864
Chittendon, L. E., fl. 1864
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings.... [secession crisis]
Title continued: "...in the secret sessions of the Conference Convention." Broadside for the February 1861 convention proposing 6 constitutional amendments to avoid disunion. Printed by Appleton. Includes extending Missouri Compromise west to...
GLC07421
1862/04/04
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade
GLC07751
1882/08/20
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Sarah Pillsbury re: death of his wife Anna Douglass
Douglass writes "Thanks for your kind letter. Mrs Douglass was all you say of her and more. She was the post in the centre of my house. Different we were in many things. She was conservative and I radical, she was for the old I for the new, She did...
GLC07752.01
6 February 1843
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to John MacKay
Comments on MacKay's improving health and gives additional advice. Discusses congressional appropriations, reductions in budgets and appointments, and politics in Washington, D.C. at length. Mentions that the Oregon Bill, which expansionist...
GLC07755
1869/12/15
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
to Editor of theTribune re: Cuban independence
GLC07759
1845/09/27
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Authority to affix the seal attesting to Alabama Act
GLC07761
13 July 1889
to Mr. Clapp
One letter from Frederick Douglass to Mr. Clapp Dated July 13, 1889. The letter is regarding Douglass's work in Haiti. "The work before me in hayti is not very inviting. Neither the Diplomatic nor the Sanitary conditions are what I should like; but...
GLC07764
1837/12/30
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Pardon of Mary Scott, convicted of stealing
GLC07766
1865/04/27
Blanc, Louis, fl. 1865
to Charles F. Adams re: Lincoln assassination
GLC07749.03
1865/05/06
Tupper, Martin F., fl. 1865
to William Cullen Bryant re: forwarding copy of his poem "Lincoln's Martyrdom"
GLC07749.04
[1866]/12/14
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
to Mrs. James White
Dreams as omens, her husband
GLC07750
1880 ca.?
Half length seated carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass, with cane
GLC07752.02
1880 ca.
Powelson, fl. 1880
[Carte de visite of Anna Douglass]
Three quarter length seated carte de visite portrait of Anna Douglass. Douglass appears to be holding a parasol.
GLC07752.03
1880s ca.
The United States citizen's vote that Mr. Justice Hunt declared $100 damage...
"You have reason to exult, that you are a 'freeborn American' and I wish you may never be ashamed to boast of it. In all cases remember, that birth, without wisdom, is reproach and disgrace."
GLC07753.01
Masceau
[Susan B. Anthony]
Three quarter length standing portrait in black dress, holding flower. Imprint of Masceau on verso.
GLC07753.02
1776 ca.
Habermann, Francois X., 1721-1796
Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck [Vue d'Optique] [Burning of Wall Street area, New York]
GLC07754
1915/11/08
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to Henry A. W. Wood re: a speech by President Wilson
GLC07756
1895/11/26
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
to James Boyle re: Thanksgiving pardon
GLC07757
1863/06/29
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Circular letter appointing James M. Lovering receiver of draft commutation money
GLC07758
1862/04/24
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
to J.G. Parke re: orders to "open attack at once" on Beaufort, N.C.
GLC07760
1889 ca.
Brief autobiographical sketch: "A slave in 1837. Free man 1838..."
Includes envelope addressed to Charles Peirce, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
GLC07762
1860/02/17
Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]
GLC07763
1870s ca.
Vignette bust portrait of Douglass (Currier and Ives print)
GLC07765
1825
Genêt, Edmond Charles Édouard, 1763-1834
Memorial on the Upward Forces of Fluids...
GLC07767.01
[1790 ca.]
re: improving navigation of Hudson River
GLC07767.02
1846/07/23
Duncan, James, fl. 1846-1847
to Isaac Faurot re: army's movement on Monter[r]ey
GLC07768.01
1847/12/08
to Isaac Faurot re: struggle in Mexico
GLC07768.02
1860 ca.
1860 Pro-Lincoln campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait
GLC07769.01
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
1860 Pro-Douglas campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait
GLC07769.02
Bell, John, 1797-1869
1860 Pro-Bell campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait
GLC07769.03
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
1860 Pro-Breckinridge campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait
GLC07769.04
1788/03/16
Hastings, Jon, fl. 1788
to Elbridge Gerry re: mail lost during Constitution ratification proceedings
GLC07770
1932/12/21
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
to Nita Patton re: comments on Catholicism and actions of Congress
GLC07771
1871/01/23
Rainey, Joseph Hayne, 1832-1887
re: subscriptions for G.W. Julian speech "The Land Question"
GLC07772
1839/09/04
Knight, F., fl. 1839
to clerk of Southampton, Va. re: possibility of blacks being sent to Liberia
GLC07773
1872/07/24
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Pardon of Jeremiah Hendricks (c/s Hamilton Fish) , convicted of murder
GLC07783
1836/07/08
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Authorization for Richard Rush to prosecute claim to the Smithsonian bequest
GLC07787
1870 ca.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Cabinet card of William T. Sherman
Oval bus portrait, in uniform. Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of Brady, Washington, D.C., on both recto and verso.
GLC07789
1793/05/06
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to Nathaniel Appleton re: attachment of stocks in the loan office
Addressed to Appleton as Commissioner of Loans, Boston.
GLC07794
1782/10/03
Anthony, Christopher, fl. 1782
Document re: emancipating his slaves
GLC07774
1861 ca.
Epitaph of the United States [South Carolina secession]
GLC07775
1862/11/22
Houston, J.N., fl. 1862
to "Dear Brother" re: secession
GLC07776
1862-1864 ca.
Civil War Naval cartes de visite, including Raphael Semmes and D. G. Farragut
GLC07777
1864-1865 ca.
Cartes de visite (most signed) of officers of 20th Colored Infantry
GLC07778
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