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7 March 1860
Brady, James (fl. 1860)
to Alfred Edmund Burr
Declines invitation to aid the Democratic Party in Connecticut.
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2 September 1819
Madison, James (1751-1836)
to Spencer Roane
Responds to Judge Roane's critical comments on the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland. Contends that the case "did not call for the general & abstract doctrine interwoven with the decision," preferring that the court evaluate the...
GLC02945
12 December 1838
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
to John Brown Dillon
Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General...
GLC02946
1 April 1862
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Thomas Bocock
Text written for Davis by his private secretary, Burton Harrison. Indicates he is sending a communication from the Secretary of the Navy (not included) related to the budget for prosecuting the Civil War. "I herewith transmit to the House of...
GLC02950
1785/12/03
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to John Jay re: powers and liabilities of consuls
Written as American Minister to Great Britain, to Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jay. Adams recommends Winslow Warren to be consul in Lisbon and discusses qualifications for consuls. Docketed by Jay.
GLC02951
26 June 1857
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas.
Speech on the subjects of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois, June 26th, 1857.
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1796/04/12
Adams, Thomas B. (1772-1832)
to Joseph Pitcairn re: Mediterranean sailing for American ships, Algiers
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17 May 1935
Todd, Beatrice
to Harry K. Weymer
Authenticating "Against Hoarding," a draft of a speech or commentary by Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills. Includes Mills's signature in pencil. Todd was Mills's secretary.
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16 September 1814
Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815)
to Robert M. Patterson
Reports that the General Committee of Defence had an interview with the Pennsylvania governor about the formation of a corps of engineers and pioneers. Governor Simon Snyder agreed to commission them as volunteers that could be called into service...
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20 October 1814
Goodman, John (fl. 1814)
At a Meeting of the General Committee for the City of Philadelphia and the Districts adjoining:
Records a resolution to thank the volunteer association of engineers for their work along the Schuylkill River and other defense services. Also resolves to record the names of those volunteers in the minutes of the committee. Resolutions...
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