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12 February 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
President Lincoln's Farewell Address to his Old neighbors, Springfield, February 12, 1861
Published by N. Bangs Williams, Providence, Rhode Island.
GLC07748
1865/04/27
Wilkinson, Gareth, fl. 1865
to Mr. Linton re: Lincoln assassination
GLC07749.02
27 November 1864
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
to James E. Montgomery
Written by Admiral Farragut to Major Montgomery as Acting Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Says Montgomery's note of that morning arrived as he was going ashore to get "a small Brass" cannon at Fort Morgan that Captain Williamson promised him...
GLC07665
19 July 1790
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to unknown
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
2 May 1817
to Tristam Dalton
Thanks him for the copy of Agriculture Magazine he sent. Regarding cattle feed, he states that instead of the widely used crops of carrots, potatoes, and beets, he recommends Jerusalem artichoke and succory (chicory). He describes the merits of...
GLC07670.01
4 June 1779
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Henry Knox
General Washington informs General Knox of the British army's progress (possibly in the Hudson Highlands, New York). States "It would appear from a number of circumstances that they mean to press their operations against the posts on the highlands...
GLC07674
2 January 1781
to Nathanael Greene
Informs Greene of the size of a British expeditionary force of 1600 men under the command of traitor Benedict Arnold. Also mentions conflicting reports of the battle at Blackstock Plantation in South Carolina between Continental General Thomas...
GLC07675
1793/10/14
to Edmund Randolph re: debating legality of relocating Congress
GLC07677
1862/12/23
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
re: admission of West Virginia as a state
Letter from Lincoln to Cabinet members calling for written opinions re: admission of West Virginia as a state. Includes autograph of Seward and secretarial signature of Lincoln.
GLC07681
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