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9 March 1878
Steward, Ross J. (fl. 1878-)
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
writes the legislature will adjourn on the 23rd and if the place can be secured, he shall be ready to report for duty April 1st.
GLC09400.379
8 April 1878
Somerville, Alice J. (fl. 1878-)
wants to know if he has received her application.
GLC09400.380
28 January 1878
asks for an appointment as a clerk, counter or copyist.
GLC09400.381
31 January 1878
Simmons, R.A. (fl. 1878-)
thanks him for a copy of the report of the commissioner of agriculture.
GLC09400.382
Walker, S.A. (fl. 1878-)
asks Bruce to send him a copy of the speeches delivered in eulogy on the life and death of Hon. O.P. Morton.
GLC09400.383
9 December 1878
Thorn, R.H. (fl. 1878-)
asks for some indication of the probable action of the Committee on Pensions.
GLC09400.384
James, B.J. (fl. 1878-)
received a copy of publication for which he wants a copy of record for the Wilberforce Reading Room
GLC09400.385
13 December 1878
Young, James W. (fl. 1878-)
requests a clerkship position in some department of the government.
GLC09400.386
16 January 1879
Hall, P.C. (fl. 1878-)
would like to be appointed to a clerkship instead of re-appointed to collectorship
GLC09400.388
13 February 1878
Harris, E.P. (fl. 1878-)
asks him to use his influence to get him the job of railway mail agent.
GLC09400.389
5 January 1878
Hammond, E.S. (fl. 1878-)
thanks him for his endorsement of his bid for district attorney even though he did not win.
GLC09400.390
5 February 1878
Tindall, Robb S. (fl. 1878-)
has enclosed petitions from both Democrats and Republicans, asking the president to appoint him Consul of Hong Kong.
GLC09400.393
9 February 1878
encloses another petition for his appointment as Consul to Hong Kong
GLC09400.394
21 December 1878
McClerdie, Nugent (fl. 1878-)
discusses a legal case involving a "Harry" who has many debts.
GLC09400.395
15 April 1878
Topley, J. (fl. 1878-)
there is an issue that needs to be examined at the land office.
GLC09400.396
13 January 1879
praises Bruce: "whites will approve of your action and I am sure the colored people will not forget you when I tell them who had the power to prevent and did prevent a democrat defeating a republican."
GLC09400.397
05 January 1878
Henderson, H.S. (fl. 1878-)
has put an application for district attorney.
GLC09400.398
15 January 1878
Hill, James (fl. 1878-)
recommends Sidney Brooks for for railray mail agent position.
GLC09400.399
8 May 1878
Harrison, Nelson (fl. 1878-)
is sending a volume of agriculture reports.
GLC09400.400
Unknown
to unknown
letter fragment. refers to the corpses of "murdered colored men." mentions that Davis is going to resign as a compromise. says he once unseated six democrats and seated six republicans, wishes it could have been 60.
GLC09400.542
5 June 1943
Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008)
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia says the fund raising luncheon is over and was a success. Talks about the dissolution of the 3rd International. Tells him about her financial situation. The luncheon made $25 dollars, which is good since her office paid a considerable amount...
GLC09414.0058
21 July 1799
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Jonathan Trumbull re: unwillingness to accept a 3d term, political attacks
Explaining unwillingness to accept a third term, describing political attacks, etc.: "Let that party [the Democrats] set up a broomstick, and call it a true son of Liberty, a Democrat, or give it any other epithet that will suit their purpose, and it...
GLC05787
26 September 1901
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to William H. Hunt
Supporting Taft, Leonard Wood and William Hunt as Governors of the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico. He believes he is carrying out wishes of McKinley. Written on mourning stationery. Roosevelt requests Hunt's opinion on several men he is...
GLC05803
1842/03/31
J., & G.S. Gideon (firm), fl. 1825-1858
Valedictory of Henry Clay, in the Senate of the United States
Clay announces his retirement and introduces his successor, John J. Crittenden. Briefly, Clay compares the senate to other legislative bodies. States that in November, 1840, he began planning to retire but remained because of President Harrison's...
GLC05863
21 September 1781
Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817
Postscript to the Freeman's Journal, Sept. 21.
This document is a copy of the Postscript to the Freeman's Journal from 21 September 1781. It contains letter from a free black man named Cato, "a poor negro," complaining of a newly proposed act that would have sent free blacks back into slavery...
GLC05818
19 March 1861
Calhoun & Johnson (printers), fl. 1861
[Proceedings and address of the Constitutional Convention]
Discusses the nomination of delegates selected to attend a Missouri Convention to address the issue of secession. States "It is not a convention to amend, make or alter or change our constitution: but one to consider whether Missouri shall...
GLC05524
1804/02/19
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to unknown re: protecting independent judiciary, trial of judges; attacking Aaron Burr
"It is an axiom with me that he will be the most dangerous chief that Jacobism can have."
GLC06019
1779/11/04
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Benjamin Rush
Adams believes that there should be an article in the Declaration of Rights securing free speech, impartiality and independence at the bar because everyone deserves a fair trial. He also discusses his recent appointment and that of Mr. Dana.
GLC06016
1822
Meredith, William Morris, 1799-1873
A statement, by James C. Biddle and William M. Meredith, of the Philadelphia Bar.
Covers free press versus fair trial.
GLC06232.02
18 July 1863
To the Laboring Men of New York.
Issued by "A Democratic Workingman." Civil War anti-draft riot broadside reminding potential rioters that all damages incurred during the riots are paid for with city money; that is, money out of their own pockets. Encourages New Yorkers to trust...
GLC05864
1785-1812
Langdon, John, 1741-1819
Autograph letterbook of outgoing correspondence, most 1785-88, 1805-8 & 1811-12
Including letters to John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Pickering, John Sullivan, Charles Thomson, James Bowdin, and other State governors regarding military affairs, state customs regulations and the need for interstate coordination...
GLC05896
27 April 1865
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
[Albumen of Samuel Arnold]
Inscribed on verso: "Samuel Arnold. Conspirator. Imprisoned for life at Ft. Jefferson Fla. (Dry Tortuges) Pardoned by President Johnson. Released March 21, 1869." Photograph shows Arnold wearing a dark coat, vest, and tie; facing slightly to the...
GLC07738.02
1861/01/19
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to William C. Endicott, Jr. re: cabinet post
GLC07741
1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
The Boys in Blue Want Abe to Stay
GLC07744
1865/04/15
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
General Orders no. 51
GLC07746
19 July 1790
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Sends copies of "the act for establishing the...permanent seat of the government of the United States" in Washington, D.C. and an act providing for the payment of invalid pensioners (the actual copies are not included). The text of this letter is...
GLC07668
15 January 1792
to Pierre C. L'Enfant
Requests a meeting to go over some papers Jefferson received from President Washington, so that the relationship between the commissioners superintending the building of Washington, D.C. and L'Enfant could be "entirely understood." L'Enfant designed...
GLC07669
1793/10/14
to Edmund Randolph re: debating legality of relocating Congress
GLC07677
1865/04/29
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Circular letter re: announcing Salmon P. Chase's visit to the South
GLC07684
1869/03/04
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Memorandum for the Judges for Inauguration
GLC07685
1837/03/18
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to John Adams Green and Edward Butler Osborne
Abolition of slavery and the right to petition
GLC07693.01
1837/03/20
To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts
GLC07693.02
1 July 1774
Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
to Committee of Correspondence for the Colony of Virginia
Co-signed by Samuel Rhoads and Joseph Galloway on behalf of the committee. Galloway was Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly and would eventually become a well known Loyalist after his Plan of Union was rejected. References their letter asking the...
GLC07666
circa 16 May 1860
Judd, Norman B., 1815-1878
to Marshall Pinkney Wilder
Co-signed by Oliver Lowndes Davis, a member of the Illinois delegation. Judd, an Illinois State Senator, responds on behalf of the Illinois delegation to the Chairman of the Massachusetts delegation prior to the 1860 presidential election. States,...
GLC07671
16 June 1828
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to Captain Partridge
Written by Monroe in retirement to a Captain Partrdige. Says he has the pleasure of sending a copy of his memoir (not included here) on the subject of his claims for backpay as a diplomat. Claims he is asking for the money now because "There was no...
GLC07672
circa 1910-1919
to J. C. Martin
Disputes Martin's premise that a candidate's religion is important: "In no case does the man's religious belief in any way influence his discharge of his duties, save as to make him more eager to act justly and uprightly in his relations to all men."...
GLC07673
Presidential Oath of Office administered to Ulysses S. Grant
Includes Chase's note: "The Oath from this paper was administered to General Grant on the 4th of March 1869."
GLC07682
1865/08/26
Florida
Proclamation by William Marvin, Provisional Gov. of the State of Florida
Calls for the election of delegates to a convention for the re-establishment of state government in Florida. Gov. Marvin's proclamation is dated the 23rd, but the printing is dated the 26th.
GLC07690
1786/11/18
to James Madison
Responds favorably to the work done at the Annapolis Convention and since. Explains why he cannot attend the Constitutional Convention. He was re-elected president of the Society of Cincinnati, whose meeting coincides with the convention....
GLC07699
1867/07/19
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]
List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 8 July 1867.
GLC07724
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