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06 October 1835
Bowie, James, fl. 1834-1835
to Stephen Austin re: his resignation and joining Captain Fannin's company
Written shortly before going to the Alamo Mission.
GLC03555
1755
Mitchell, John, fl. 1755-1790
Map of British & French Dominions in No. America [map used in Treaty of Paris]
Very large printed folded map with outline color. This is the "Treaty of Paris" map, third edition, the edition that was used in settling territorial claims in 1783. Accompanied by its original marbled-paper map case.
GLC03556
1765
Great Britain. Acts.
An Act for granting and applying certain stamp duties... [Stamp Act]
original London edition of the Stamp Act
GLC03562.11
1730
Seutter, Matthew, fl. 1730
Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii [New Netherland - New York]
Matthew Seutter, following Jansson and Nicholas Visscher. Engraved map, handcolored. The map shows the back-and-forth tussle between the Dutch and English over New York and New Jersey, and uses both sets of place names. Cartouche shows New York...
GLC03583
2 April 1917
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights
Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."
GLC03621
15 April 1873
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Pardon of Joseph Woodyard, convicted of failing to cancel revenue stamps on empty spirit-casks.
(c/s Hamilton Fish)
GLC03634
[ 10 December 1807 ]
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to NJ Legislature re: domestic & foreign affairs, gratitude [incomplete]
Dating from Bergh, Collected Writings of TJ, v. 16: 294-96. The last two paragraphs are lacking from this document. Discusses the Embargo Act (obliquely).
GLC03642
1824
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Supreme Court Opinion, Osborn et al. v. the Bank of the U.S.
The case upheld the primacy of Federal law over the states. Not in Rhodes' calendar of Marshall's papers (1969). Compare: writings (1839) 315-42, Dillon, Complete Constitutional Decisions of Marshall, (1903) 466-511, and other sources.
GLC03653
circa 1862-1865
Hopte, John W., fl. 1862-1865
[Pencil illustration of the Cumberland Gap]
Depicts rolling mountainsides dotted with trees. Portrays forts, roads and other details specific to Civil War sites and events. Shows a rifle pit and an American flag waving atop a fortress. Signed by Hopte, who served in Company G, 42nd Regiment...
GLC03604
24 November 1791
to William Short
Secretary of State Jefferson writes to Short, charge d'affaires to France. Short was in Europe negotiating a commercial treaty with France and handling details of a Dutch loan. Jefferson attempts to answer Short's request for information to quell...
GLC03639
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