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August 1773
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791
to John Adams
CM's retained copy noting that Hutchinson's fall will be an example to others who try to destroy American liberty.
GLC01785.02
28 June 1773
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Catharine Macaulay
Adams also takes the opportunity to thank Macaulay for her help in supporting American interests. He discusses the deteriorating relations with Britain.
GLC01786
28 December 1774
Adams describes the effects of the Boston Port Bill upon the government and people of the colony. He warns that the arrest of Parliament's opponents "will produce Resistance, and Reprisals, and a Flame through America, Such as Eye hath not yet Seen...
GLC01788
4 February 1926
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
[Analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates]
One typed document created by William H. Taft dated February 4, 1926. Pertains to the debate of slavery between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Two lines inserted in Taft's hand on page 14 and numerous other corrections. Signed and dated by...
GLC01488
1870 ca.
Rockwood, George C., 1832-1911
[Carte de visite portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse]
GLC01493
22 November 1801
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
to James McHenry
A long letter, in which Lafayette discusses revolutionary France, his personal affairs and associations, and the light his personal correspondence with George Washington will cast on the memoirs of General Washington being written by Bushrod...
GLC01562
1785 after
Washington, George, 1732-1799
G. Washington. Alexandre Tardieu, after Houdon [collateral]
Accompanied letter, GLC 1588. A print by Alexander Tardieu, designed and engraved after Houdon, with poem in French by J. Castera: "Pour saver sou pays du pouvoir arbitraire, / Washington combattit en guerrier valeureux...." Presumably the Houdon...
GLC01588coll
29 December 1855
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
to Mrs. S.C. Hall
Mentions the suffering of many families in England (likely a reference to the Crimean War) and hopes that it has not affected Mrs. Hall and her family. Stowe writes that she will probably be in England some time in the coming year, as there are many...
GLC01586
29 October 1852
Victoria, Queen of United Kingdom, 1819-1901
to Duchess of Sutherland
Written as Queen, signed as "V R" for Victoria Regina. Mentions that Lord Carlisle has written the preface to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, "a book which is being increasingly read but I have not yet had time to read; did your brother...
GLC01587
18 July 1821
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832
to William S. Cardell
Discusses being chosen as an honorary member of a literary society and states that he is honored to be among such distinguished ranks. Encloses a donation check for $100 to the Society. Written from Carroll's manor, Doughoragen, in Maryland.
GLC01658
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