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1780/05/15-20
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [Quaker conduct]
Quaker meeting regarding the conduct of church members. Written during the fifth Quaker month.
GLC07631
1829/04/03
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Patent issued to Ephraim Gilbert for the construction of gun locks
Countersigned by Martin Van Buren. On parchment, with red ribbon.
GLC07585
1801/01/18
Marshall, John, fl. 1801
to Winthrop Sargent re: receiving documents & dividing up Mississippi territory
Date is 1801, and recipient is most likley Winthrop Sargent, who at the time was governor of the Mississippi Territory. Internal evidence and the handwriting on the endorsement point to Sargent, per Charles Hobson, Marshall Papers.
GLC07586
1857
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Two Speeches by Frederick Douglass re: West India emancipation; Dred Scott
Full title: "Two speeches by Frederick Douglass; One on West India Emancipation, delivered at Canandaigua, August 4th and the other on the Dred Scott Decision, delivered in New York... May 1857."
GLC07591
1864/05/22
Coburn, John, fl. 1864
Battle Report of 20th Corps Brigade [Atlanta campaign]
Battle Report of 20th Corps Brigade leader to John Speed during Atlanta Campaign.
GLC07580
circa 1789
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Colored mezzotint oval portrait
GLC07582
1785/02/20
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
to unknown recipient re: legal and financial issues
GLC07583
1860/08/13
Blamire, George W., fl. 1860
to Mr. Hurst re: ex-slave writes to former master
"Who would have thought...that I would be leading a band at one of the most fashenable [sic] watering holes in the state and I thank you for it and... do not think I ever shal[l] be able to pay you for the many favors you have sho[w]ne. I can never...
GLC07584
1864 ca.
[Tintype of Albert D.J. Cashier]
Cashier, a private in Co. G of 95th Ill. Volunteers, was trans soldier born with the name Jennie Hodgers. Seated 3/4 length tintype portrait with fellow soldier.
GLC07587
1864-1889 ca.
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
With Massa Sherman [pen and ink drawing]
Pen and ink drawing of liberated slaves following Sherman's Army through Georgia.
GLC07588
18 June 1855
Brown, John, 1800-1859
to Henry Thompson re: relocation to North Elba, N.Y.
Written on blue stationery of "J. R. Brown, Wool, Butter and Cheese" which has been crossed out. Docketed.
GLC07589
1859/11/20
Doyle, Mahala, fl. 1859
to John Brown
By the widow and mother of three men killed by Brown in the Pottawatomie massacre: "My son John whose life I begged of [you] is grown up and is very desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of your execution, would certainly be there if his means...
GLC07590
1874/06/27
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Open Letter to Frederick Douglass re: treatment of black cadets at West Point
GLC07592
1918 ca.
Eighth Illinois Regiment Now in France [half tone printed reproduction]
Black troops active in Europe during WWI. Two slightly different printed versions of the same photograph, one trimmed, and the other printed with a slightly grainer half-tone screen.
GLC07593
1750
Treaty concluded and signed at Madrid... [Assiento slave trade]
"Treaty between the ministers plenipotentaries of their Brittanick and Catholic majesties-end of Assiento Treaty between Britain and Spain regulating slave trade." Concluded October 5. Printed in French, English, Spanish.
GLC07594
1870 ca.
Jarvis, J.F., fl. 1892
[Carte de visite of the inner room of the Senate]
Imprint on verso.
GLC07555
1801/12/10
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Mr. Cheetham re: negotiations over 12th amendment
"No serious evil can result from the designs of the little faction which has existed for a short time previous to the presidential election [of 1800], & which is governed by no principle but is solely devoted to the aggrandisement of an individual."...
GLC07557
1785/10/26
to John Jay re: Jean-Antoine Hudon and bust of George Washington
"To take the bust of General Washington, in order to make his statue for that state [i.e., Virginia]... he is of the first reputation in his profession, and has a great share of the ambition I admire in an artist."
GLC07558
1804/03/30
to Gilbert M. de Lafayette re: transition in Louisiana Purchase territory
"I had rather have your single person there than an army of ten thousand men for the purpose of securing the tranquility & preservation of the country."
GLC07560.01
1870/09/19
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
to J. M. M. re: sending donation to church
"Just as easy as you can Mr. Preacher, upon these uncanny doctrines of election, predestination, & c."
GLC07556
1776/12/31
Whipple, William, 1730-1785
to John Langdon re: Continental army's success at Trenton, naval victories
"If Genl W. persues the enemy before they recover the present panic (which is his intention) he will still end the campaign gloriously..."
GLC07559
1804
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
to Thomas Jefferson re: congratulations on Louisiana Purchase
GLC07560.02
1803/10/13
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Thomas B. Adams re: travel plans to meet brother in Frankfort
Adams writes that he shall not arrive in Frankfort until 2 days hence as "my luck ... has been so untoward since I began this journey that I can reckon upon nothing as to time -- for one accident after another has delayed us to such a degree that my...
GLC07561
1801/08/04
Journal re: conferences with Indian Nations south of the Ohio
Full title: "Journal of the commisioners of the United States appointed to hold conferences with several of the Indian nations of south Ohio." True copy certified by Alex Macomb
GLC07562.01
1864/03/28
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Edwin M. Stanton re: urging recruitment of black troops in Kentucky
Asking for recruitment to be in a manner "Free from collateral embarassments" for Kentucky's Governor: "I think these requests of the Governor are reasonable; and I shall be obliged, if you will give him a full hearing, and do the best you can to...
GLC07600
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