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to N. P. Norton re: Republic of Texas politics, veto of bill to move capitol

The bill would have moved the capitol from Washington-on-Brazos to Austin. Jones also asks Norton if the wife of his slave William can be sold to him.

GLC04106

[Pencil drawing of arrival of Union Troops at Thibodeaux, Louisiana]

Depicts soldiers marching in formation on the riverbank while people watch from a bridge. The town stretches along a curve in the river. Drawn by a Private in the 6th NYS.

GLC04029

to Zell E. Morton

Reply to a note that conveyed news of the death of a friend, General Thomas Hinds. Remorseful at this news, and admits that "I must soon follow him."

GLC04047

[Divorce petition of Aaron Burr] [incomplete]

Also signed by Charles O'Conner, Solicitor of Counsel for Burr. Certifies that the adultery charges against Burr's second wife, Eliza Jumel, can be proven. States that Mrs. Burr has committed adultery in the city of New York with Charles Perry...

GLC04052

to Sarah Dorsey

Promise to pay $2,500 by January, 1882 for the Beauvoir plantation owned by Dorsey in Harrison County, Mississippi. The note was to serve as a lien against the property. Davis and his wife moved onto the estate grounds in 1877, so that Davis could...

GLC04054

(Boston Covenant). Calling for cessation of all trade with Great Britain

Blank form, leaving empty the name of the town. Calls for a complete cessation of trade with Britain until repeal of the Boston Port Bill.

GLC04071

Extract from minutes of Congress to suppress dangerous correspondence

GLC04079

to John W. Ellis

GLC04082

6th plate ambrotype, cased

GLC04085

Scene at Balloon Camp, Gaines' Hill

Photograph of Prof. Lowe's balloon ascent during battle of Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Va.

GLC04087

Collection of election tokens and tintype [Decimalized .01-.07]

3 tokens from 1860 with Hamlin & Lincoln, 1 from 1860 with Douglas & Johnson, 1 from 1860 with Bell & Everett, 1 from 1864 with Lincoln and Johnson, and 1 unframed tintype (?) of Lincoln c. 1864.

GLC04102

to Thomas Ward re: Republic of Texas politics, his removal from office, land

GLC04104

Directing Chief Justice Colorado County Court, Republic of Texas

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC04105

to William J. Hardee re: reporting while on picket, capturing Yankee pickets

Written in pencil.

GLC04113

Texas Statehood - Lists names of 15 voters and tally. With 14 voting slips

GLC04116

Massachusetts Spy Extra [President's message]

Includes discussion on removal of Indian tribes West of the Mississippi.

GLC04118

to Erasmus J. Pierce

Circular letter extolling presidential candidate Clay and requesting submitting the enclosed ticket of Pennsylvania electors in support of him (see GLC04119.03) at the polls.

GLC04119.01

to Samuel Huntington re: forwarding act of Congress (not present) on state debts

GLC04467

To: John Rutherford.

Call to convene Senate to receive communication (Quasi-War)-Washington's acceptance of command in the event of war with France.

GLC04468

to J. Dorsey re: progress in manufactures, system of weights & measures, decimal

GLC04491

[Recommendation of his boyhood friend George May for judge].

Lincoln writes "I knew George May as a boy, and young man, then a little inclined to dissipation -- If free from that now, he has intellect enough for almost any place..."

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ...

GLC04500

To: Samuel B. Malcom.

Politics, party & family feuds.

GLC04524

Jefferson's last letter to Mayor of Washington [small broadside on silk]

A printing of Jefferson's famous letter to the mayor of Washington, D.C., declining an invitation to a Fourth of July celebration. Jefferson hopes the Declaration to be a "signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and...

GLC04525

to Otto A. Rosalsky re: as Gov. of Mass., urging leniency for Bernard Manning

Written as Governor of Massachusetts (on stationery) to Judge Rosalsky, asking leniency for Bernard Manning of Northampton, his hometown. He attests to the character of Manning's family and asserts that "[i]t appears to me simply a case of a country...

GLC04476

The Joining of the rails [six albumen photographs of railroad] [decimalized]

GLC04481