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1905
Strohmeyer & Wyman
Indian Chiefs: Quanah Parker, Geronimo, Buckskin Charlie, American Horse, Little Plume, Hollow Horn Boar, in the Inaugural Parade .
The Native Americans ride in a tight cluster at the head of the parade.
GLC06449.49
H. C. White Co.
Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath of office to President Roosevelt
Frontal view, taken from behind the guard at the front of the podium, slightly to the right side. The guard appears in the foreground. Roosevelt and Fuller can be seen as small figures, slightly below and to the left of center, in front of a large...
GLC06449.50
"We got ten bears in all."
President Roosevelt's first interview on the road from the bear hunt. President Roosevelt, leaning from the back of a white horse, speaks with a man in a dark suit and bowler hat before a mountainous background.
GLC06449.54
September 17, 1814
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
To: Col. Andrew Haynes
Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: "I stop the mail to state the glorious news, that Fort Bowyer is safe, the British and allies severely drubbed..."
GLC07983.02
10 January 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Has just received her letter and assures her "my heart is yours although my Country demands my poor pittance to endevor to rescue her from barbarity." Feels this barbarity, exemplified by Indians slaughtering innocents, enslaved people killing their...
GLC02437.00517
circa January 1777
[Invoice of payments to Henry Knox from the Unites States] [incomplete]
List of payments made to Knox by the United States between November 1775 and January 1777. Includes dates payments were made, what they were for, how much they were for, and who actually gave the money to Knox. Figures include pay for Knox and his...
GLC02437.00527
1 February 1777
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Appointment of James Mackinson to First Lieutenant] [Fragment]
Partially printed document appointing James Mackinson a first Lieutenant. Attested by Charles Thomson as secretary. The top of the document, which contained Mackinson's name, has been lost. The name is found on the docket.
GLC02437.00529
22 January 1822
Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842
to Aaron Hobart
Discusses his "claim before the Commrs under the Florida Treaty," possibly referring to the Adams-Onis Treaty. Seeks Hobart's assistance, mentioning that he will compensate Hobart with the commissions of the estate in return. Notes that a...
GLC06313.04.141
3 April 1777
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Jackson had said that "Crane could not get his battalion through the court," but says now "he has got every bounty allow'd him" and will soon have a full regiment. Believes that Lee's, Henley's, and his regiment will never be filled by the "Honorble...
GLC02437.00564
1898 ca.
"A full Blooded Indian of the Rough Riders."
Title from inscription on verso. Shown on horseback with rifle. Camp and other soldiers visible in background.
GLC07002.38
04 August 1827
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
[Pardon of Joshua C. Bigley for violating the act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls]
Countersigned by Secretary of State Henry Clay. Bigley was convicted in Rhode Island. Pardoned by President Adams due to certain circumstances in the case. He must still, however, pay the court costs involved.
GLC08073
18 May 1781
Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
[Extract from minutes of a meeting of the Board of War]
Carleton, Secretary of the Board of War, attests that as soon as the Board of War receives an accurate return of field commissaries of military stores, Richard Frothingham will be appointed principal field commissary of military stores and will have...
GLC02437.00952
1833-1868
Indians-46 separately printed indian treaties.
Forty six printed treaties between the United States and various Indian Nations, signed in type by the following presidents: Franklin Pierce (1), Andrew Jackson (15), Abraham Lincoln (6), Martin Van Buren (4), James K. Polk (3), Andrew Johnson (4)...
GLC08055
25 February 1801
A Bill, to amend the act, intituled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"
Print broadsheet of a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives which would make it illegal to "conceal, harbour, and employ, or aid or abet in concealing or harbouring any fugitive from labour, escaping from one state into another, or to, or...
GLC08058.01
Same bill as GLC08058.01, with several amendments. Settles the penalty for knowingly harboring escaped slaves at $500 and requires those employing black labor to see a manumission paper. Says can avoid the penalty if the employer advertises a general...
GLC08058.02
1811-1848
McCarthy, Charles, ?-1824
[Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone]
Documents issued in Sierra Leone, many dealing with slavery. Bound by Colonial Office Library (possibly the Colonial Office Library of London). Contains a brief and incomplete handwritten table of contents. An exhaustive compilation of documents...
GLC08059.01
24 August 1791
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
To: John Sinclair.
Praising French Revolution: "It would be unfortunate were it in the power of one man [the king] to defeat the issue of so beautiful a revolution. I hope... that for the good of suffering humanity all over the earth, that revolution will be...
GLC08060
14 June 1783
Fox, Charles J., fl. 1783
To: David Hartley.
Secret instructions for treat of Paris.
GLC08061
15 March 1833
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Condemning Nullification and Secession as a "Violation without cause, of a faith somnly pledged"; asserting supremacy of federal over state laws.
GLC08066.01
01 May 1836
To: Morton Eddy.
Lambasting Daniel Webster: "His Constitutional doctrins are radically unsound."
GLC08068
07 January 1855
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
To: Robert Tyler.
Re: Recalling earliea era of "Political Romance," Jefferson's ideals, and role in nullification crisis: "History will not do me justice."
GLC08069
17 April 1781
Carleton signs as Secretary of the Board of War. The Board has agreed to Knox's request to send artillery from the Marquis de Lafayette's detachment to the south. "...the Board are of opinion... all that can in the present situation of the Ordnance...
GLC02437.00938
5 May 1781
to William Knox
Brigadier General Knox writes to his brother: "We have no news, but are alarm'd at the rapid depreciation of the paper currency... the State of Pennsylvania, has pass'd an act to strike old and new out of circulation after the first of next month...
GLC02437.00945
17 July 1781
Franks, David Salisbury, fl. 1740-1793
Written at the "Capes of Delaware." Franks explains that he is employed in a matter of public business by Robert Morris, superintendent of finance. Franks is on his way to Madrid, Spain then Paris, France (to bear dispatches to John Jay and...
GLC02437.01056
18 July 1781
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Refers to an ensuing campaign and the potential for "disposing of the British fleet." Remarks on the prevalence of British ships in the Boston harbor and adjacent waters. Reports that the House of Lee and Jones lost a ship to the British...
GLC02437.01060
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