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26 November 1833
Garcia, Carlos, fl. 1833
[Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]
Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.
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04 March 1841
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
[National Intelligencer Extra]
Printed presidential inauguration address of William Henry Harrison.
GLC08205
14 August 1789
Connecticut gazette. [Vol. 26, no. 1344 (August 14, 1789)]
With proposed draft of twelve amendments to the United States Constitution.
GLC08208
11 September 1864
Gordon, H.D., fl. 1864
to unknown
Efforts to avoid draft riots in Rochester, New York, by paying bounties and the nomination of George McClellan.
GLC08214
03 October 1832
Gerry, Ann, fl. 1832
Discuss making a claim to Congress for the remaining salary of her late husband, Vice President Elbridge Gerry. Efforts include contacting John Quincy Adams, a longtime family friend.
GLC08219
05 March 1810
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to Christopher Gore
Written to Governor of Massachusetts Christopher Gore. Explains his opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment that would limit the life of an embargo act to 30 days after Congress enacted it. Countersigned by James Lloyd.
GLC08220
09 November 1769
Babcock, Henry, fl. 1769
to Thomas Brattle
Encloses the resolves of the Connecticut Assembly in support of Boston's struggle against the Townshend Acts and the King's Commission of Customs and recommends that they be printed.
GLC08221
14 February 1855
Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
to William H. Seward
Discusses the failed attempt to unseat him from the United States Senate: "the combination to destroy by mutiny and treason the advantages which the Whigs of New York won in the open field was a fearful one. But we have prevailed."
GLC08226
26 June 1812
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
[An act concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods].
Addressed to the commander of the Brig Argus, Edward Howe, Jr.
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1803
New York Post
[New York Post over 300 issues].
Includes complete printing of Marbury v. Madison in two issues, complete printing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty and Conventions, a fire in New York, a slave rebellion, etc.
GLC08231
08 November 1804
[Poulson's American Daily Advertizer].
Extra edition printing Jefferson's State of the Union Address in which he discusses the Louisiana Purchase, Indian affairs, and foreign relations.
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circa 1861-1865
Carte de visite [Portrait of Richard Yates].
Inscribed on verso: "to W. H. H. Alden from the Governor".
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22 May 1861
Taylor, Tazewell, fl. 1861
to B. W. Belscher
Taylor, a captain in the Sussex Light Dragoons, relays an order from General Walter Gwynn regarding administrative actions in preparation for the next day's secession vote by the Virginia Convention.
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08 June 1861
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
to Jefferson Davis
Written as Governor of Virginia to Jefferson Davis to send him details on the guages and capacity of the Danville Rail Road and other Virginia lines.
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26 April 1864
to his wife
Discussing Sherman's order to cut civilian rations and expressing some sympathy for its impact on "secesh women": "it is hard for the authorities to see women starve." Analyzing the upcoming presidential election: "we hope to elect Lincoln again and...
GLC08248
25 May 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Presidential pardon of Richard Hayden, who was convicted of destroying letters stolen from the mail].
Pardon signed by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Hayden was in an "advanced stage of pulmonary consumption" at the time of the pardon.
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July 05, 1828
[Collection of 3 items regarding Indian Affairs] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC08279
1861-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Oliver Hoyt
Discusses replacing commissioner of Indian affairs due to public pressure.
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2 February 1793
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 18, no. 42 (February 2, 1793)].
Benjamin Russell listed as the printer and publisher, located on State Street. Discusses an act to amend the act establishing the United States Mint. Amendment enacted by the United States Congress on Monday November 5, 1792 and approved by the...
GLC01998.03
1794
Iroquois Treaty
Negotiations with General Chapin leading up to the Canandaigua Treaty (Nov.,1794) which was part of Washington's tactics to contain British agitation of the Indians and establish peace with the Nations.
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17 May 1731
Carter, C., fl. 1731
[Receipt for John Bartlett]
Receipt for three pounds fifteen shillings "for service done as a commissioner in order to settle the line of gover[men]t from Patucket Falls to the Massachusetts south line."
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circa 1832-1844
[Hard Times tokens].
Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.
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2 March 1640
[Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freemen].
Outlines the surrender of the Warwick Patent of 1630 to the "Publick Court" by Governor of Plymouth Bradford and the "Old Comers" (original settlers). This resulted from pressure to relinquish the patent to the whole body of freemen. Bradford and the...
GLC02924.001
29 November 1652
Winslow, John, fl. 1811
A Deed Appointed to be Recorded.
Known as the Dartmouth Purchase, this land became the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Wasamequin and his son Wamsutta sold the land to Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, John Cooke, and their associates, the Purchasers...
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16 May 1710
Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717
[Copy of a 1709 land agreement, ordered to be placed in the new book], and Vote May the 16: 1710 Christopher Gifford showing forth.
There are two documents on this folio, the first is: signed by committee members, Richard Borden, John Akin, Isaac Smith, William Wood, and Jacob Barker. True copy made for a new property book. Ordered and allowed by the committee, with several other...
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