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1834-1881
Civil War - Union Generals, foreign-born collection [Decimalized .01-.07]
7 documents from Union Civil War General born outside the United States.
GLC03477
27 April 1839
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to William Davenport
Discusses the second Seminole War in Florida and Georgia. Focuses on the corrupting influence large public expenditures to sustain the war are having on the Americans inhabiting the region. Fears greed will cause the conflict to be elongated and...
GLC03668
21 September 1838
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to editor of Quincy Patriot
Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his...
GLC03707
25 January 1838
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to unknown
Encloses a letter (not included) from "an old woman, who with the rest of his negroes, was liberated by Mr. Alexander Donelson." Notes that the entire family, with the exception of the woman and her husband, left for Liberia. Her son and daughter...
GLC03317
6 December 1859
Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866
to P. G. Washington
Discusses the ownership of an unspecified paper, mentioning several persons associated with the paper's publication. Recommended Washington's brother to one of the paper's editors. Comments that he is no longer engaged in politics, and is...
GLC02823
1840/08/14
Ross, John, 1790-1866
to President Martin Van Buren.
Ross had helped lead the Eastern Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi in the forced removal. Co-signed by W. Shorey Coodey, John Loony (with an "X"), Archibald Campbell (with an "X") and Elijiah Hicks.
GLC02856
10 October 1821
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to John C. Calhoun
Written by President Monroe to Calhoun as Secretary of War. Declares that the measures Calhoun have taken in regard to the Seminole Indians have been proper. Says that "Unprincipled settlers" should be driven away, and that "It was correct also to...
GLC02859
29 January 1855
Schneck, B. S. (Benjamin Shroder), 1806-1874
to George Besore
Schneck asks for $300 to send a slave's wife and three children to Africa. The husband must also purchase his freedom for $1,500, but the Society is trying to raise money to assist in the transport itself. Written on behalf of the Colonization...
GLC04743
1830/10/19
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
Settler's certificate for Austin's first colony to Epraham Anderson (in Spanish)
Printed in Spanish. Settler's certificate for Austin's first colony in Texas.
GLC05078
20 November 1838
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
to Milton Sutliff
Weld writes to Sutliff, an Ohio abolitionist and lawyer, from the Office of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The Society will be publishing a series of tracts refuting the main objections to abolition, and Weld seeks information on slavery and the...
GLC04941
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