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1837/06/06
Proposals to engage waggons and teams to assist in the removal of the...
[title continued] Chickasaw Indians west of the Mississippi. With table containing list of names and numbers of horse/ox teams.
GLC06741.06
1837 ca.
Skello, J.M., fl. 1837
Tally of Indians moving from Little Rock to Fort Towson
Covers the period of May 4th through July 16th, with separate total for teamsters rations.
GLC06741.07
1837/07/01-1838/01/13
Vanderslice, D., fl. 1837-1838
Account of Vanderslice's expenditures during Chickasaw emigration
Vanderslice was Assisant Superintendent and Conductor in the emigration of the Chickasaw Indians.
GLC06741.08
1838/02/20
Certification re: delivery of 175 Chickasaw Indians and their belongings
Delivered via the ship "Itasca."
GLC06741.09
10 March 1828
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
[Patent for George M. Selden's improvement in the tide pump basin or reservoir]
Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Selden's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Addis Emmet and Dudley Selden as witnesses. Contains a...
GLC06467
circa 1860-1865
Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883
[Draft of speech introducing Lincoln]
Reads in part, "God has made our future peace depend on virtue -- and our national health on wise and temperate use of the blessings entrusted to our care." On page four he begins to introduce Lincoln but does not finish. With cross-outs and...
GLC06474
29 December 1837
Johnson, Richard M., 1780-1850
to Jonathan Roberts
Written as Vice President under Martin Van Buren. Mentions Henry Clay and states that Roberts can discern his feelings toward Clay from their relations. But remarks that he has never broken ties with distinguished men just because of politics....
GLC06575
29 October 1816
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
to Alexander J. Dallas
Seeks clarification on negotiations with Spain concerning duties and the tonnage act.
GLC06576
12 December 1832
Hayne, Robert Y., 1791-1839
to [Stephen Decatur Miller]
Informs that he has been elected governor of South Carolina (on December 10, just two days prior), and that nullification will proceed, despite the protests of Unionists in Charleston. Instructs that he should be kept informed as to the course of...
GLC06562
25 October 1856
Miller, Daniel L., fl. 1856
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Let every Voter Examine and Judge for Himself!
Election broadside focusing on the extension of slavery. Compares the Presidential platforms of James Buchanan/John C. Breckinridge and John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton. Buchanan/Breckinridge attest that "Congress has no Constitutional right to...
GLC06275
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