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17 April 1802
to Henry Knox
Appears to pertain to land in Maine and the original proprietors. A note on the second page states General Henry Knox obliges J. Jackson to make inquires into persons' names for taxes.
GLC02437.10606
10 April 1788
Hodgdon, Alexander, fl. 1788
to the Sherriff of Lincoln County
Partially printed document with information written in by hand. A tax collection on the heirs of Brigadier General [Samuel] Waldo in the amount of £94 and 15 shillings and 10 pence.
GLC02437.10647
17 March 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
General orders No. 1
Announces that Ulysses S. Grant is to take command of the Armies of the United States.
GLC02016.174
15 June 1850
Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871
Widow's pension certificate
Widow's pension certificate for Isabella St. Clair, wife of Daniel St. Clair, Drum Major in the Revolutionary War. The certificate is sealed with the Department of the Interior seal. the docket indicates that the pension is to be paid in...
GLC02016.176
29 April 1788
The Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser
Letter from "A Free Negro" printed in the Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser. "I am one of that unfortunate race of men who are distinguished from the rest of the human species by black skin and woolly hair, disadvantages of very little...
GLC09151
4 September 1839
Noble, Patrick, fl. 1839
to George R. Gilman, Governor of Georgia
Letter about the crisis over fugitive slaves and the landmark Supreme Court case, Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, which determined that states were not required to enforce slave laws of other states. From South Carolina Gov. Patrick Noble to Gov. of Georgia...
GLC09141.01
4 March 1803
Gazette of the United States [Marbury vs. Madison]
Landmark Supreme Court decision reported in the Gazette of the United States. "The Chief Justice this day declared the opinion of the court...on the motion of Mr. G. Lee for a rule to shew cause why a Madamus should not issue to compel James Madison...
GLC09144
14 November 1864
Risley, Hanson A., fl. 1864
[Document concerning draftsman and Augustus R. Wright]
"Memorandum of agreement…between H. A. Risley authorized to purchase products [cotton] of insurrectionary States for the United States, I of one part, and Augustus R. Wright, of Rome, in the State of Georgia, of the other part…." Co-signed by...
GLC02691.11.072
27 March 1865
Adams, Green, fl. 1865
to General J. L. Donaldson
Green Adams, an agent for the U.S. Treasury Dept., arranges for the purchase of products of insurrectionary states. Individuals he will be purchasing cotton from include Miller A. Wright, as indicated on this document. Includes signed approval by...
GLC02691.11.077
28 August 1864
Starr, George H. (ca. 1839-1916)
to his mother
Writes to his mother complaining of not receiving a "letter from home of later date than May 14th" and asks that if his father is well enough, if it would be possible "to have him make an Effort to secure my "Special Exchange" - " Continues by...
GLC02748.04
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