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1722/10/31
Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
"List of Cattle Sold unto the officers of the two Comp[anies]"
P.3 contains ALS from Philip Livingston to Alida Livingston, in Dutch, 1 November 1711. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.02299
2 April 1862
Plattenburg, Alfred W., fl. 1862
to Alfred P. Putnam
Plattenburg, an agent working for the Western Sanitary Commission, sends Reverend Putnam a report of his mission to deliver hospital stores to Union troops fighting in Arkansas and Missouri. His report is printed on the same page with the orders he...
GLC04633
circa 1864
Gillespie, Elizabeth Duane, 1821-1901
[Announcement for the Central Fair Letter Boxes]
Gillespie, postmistress for the Central Fair, directs Fair participants to "Letter-Boxes, as a great convenience to all desiring to correspond with visitors to the Fair; as well as for letters to be delivered throughout the City, or at the Post...
GLC04637
1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation
Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago. Prints Lincoln's letter...
GLC04654
1861/05/25
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Comm. of the Maryland legislature re: inviting the state to join Confederacy
Signed as President of the Confederacy, responding to resolutions of the state of Maryland. The letter expresses sympathy and assures the committee of the Confederacy's desire for peace. The Committee consisted of Messrs. McKaig [sic], Yellott and...
GLC04660
December 1, 1833
Madison, James, 1751-1836
American Colonization Society membership certificate, signed blank
Printed membership certificate signed by Madison as President and R. R. Gurley as Secretary. The American Colonization Society resettled Black freedpeople in Liberia. D.B. Mattern letter 6/14/96, Madison accepted the presidency per his 19 February...
GLC04675.02
11 January 1867
Barlow, Francis Channing, 1834-1896
[Certifying copy of New York resolution ratifying Fourteenth amendment]
A true copy certifying that New York State has ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, a copy of which is on the second page.
GLC04556
1861
Cannon shell
Piece of a cannonball shell.
GLC04564.02
1846
J.H., Colton, & Co. (publishers), fl. 1856
Map of the United States, Mexico, and the West Indies, with parts adjoining
This document is a map of the United States, Mexico, and Caribbean territories belonging to George Cadwalader. Includes original holding case with "Cadwalader" inscription, which resembles a small book with a white binding ribbon. Map folds to 11.2 x...
GLC04577
22 December 1868
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
[Report on the Battle of Washita]
Written in the hand of Custer's Sergeant Pierre A. Bunker of the 7th Cavalry, prepared for Custer's signature. Custer reports at length and in graphic detail on his military activities and observations at the Battle of Washita against Chief Black...
GLC04606
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