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1862/05/23
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Gen. John Stewart
Written as General, a few months after his transfer from Confederate South Eastern defenses. (Name is correctly Stewart.)
GLC02903
19 November 1846
Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889
to William Latta
Reports on the Battle of Monterey and admits that his romantic ideas of war have been replaced with the harsh realities of battle and death. Writes that all accounts in the newspapers are wrong and that the report written by General Zachary Taylor...
GLC02905
14 October 1846
Kingsbury, Daniel M., 1811-1873
to Mrs. A. B. Kingsbury
Writes to his mother about the Battle of Monterrey and describes the casualties. Mentions supervising Mexican prisoners who are burying the American dead.
GLC02906
1866 ca.
[Abraham Lincoln]
Oval photograph of engraved portrait of Lincoln. With two one-cent tax stamps on verso. (Dating based on use of tax stamps.)
GLC02912.02.01
1847
N. Currier (Firm)
General Scott's victorious entry into the City of Mexico Sept. 14th 1847
Colored lithograph depicting General Winfield Scott entering Mexico City in 1847. Scott is surrounded by other soldiers on horseback. There is an American flag flying in the background. Printed by N. Currier "in the Clerk's office of the District...
GLC02918.01
10 April 1786
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
to Lord Sydney
Written by General Cornwallis, the leader of British forces at Yorktown, who had accepted the post of Governor General of India in February 1786 to Lord Sydney as Home Secretary in the Pitt government. Wants Lord Sydney to talk to King George about...
GLC02921
7 March 1857
Daniel, Peter Vivian, 1784-1860
The opinion of Justice Peter V. Daniel of the United States Supreme Court in the famous Dred Scott case.
Daniel's original manuscript of his opinion on the Dred Scott case, bound into a book. Daniels, a passionate slavery advocate, argues that slavery had more protection under the Constitution than any other form of property. He supports the majority...
GLC02546.01
18 September 1823
North, William, 1755-1836
[An account of the execution of Major John Andre]
Details the execution of Major John Andre, accused of being a spy, and expresses his sympathetic feelings toward Andre's unfortunate fate. Describes how Baron Von Steuben could not comply with Andre's wish to suffer a soldier's death by being shot...
GLC02541.02
23 April 1842
Theobald, Mathew, 1790-1856
[Abstinence pledge card]
Printed card, with various illustrations, stating that Catherine Cauty has taken the "the Total Abstinence Pledge." Cauty has card number 4281797. Signed by Theobald as president of the society. Pledge card states that Cauty will refrain from...
GLC02542.27
15 March 1860
Bright, Jesse David, 1812-1875
to Alfred Edmund Burr
Bright, a United States Senator from Indiana, declines an offer from Burr, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, to "visit Connecticut and address the Democracy of that state during the present Canvass." Bright served as a U.S. senator...
GLC02925.03
9 April 1860
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Davis, a United States Senator from Mississippi, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to attend a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Writes "Although the state of my health &...
GLC02925.08
1850/05/02
Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854
to General
Thanks the General for a copy of Ritchie's own letter from 1836, in which he argued for the annexation of Texas. Recalls that he sent a similar letter to Secretary of State Martin Van Buren around the same time, and that Van Buren seemed to agree...
GLC02925.17
12 March 1860
Slidell, John, 1793-1871
Slidell, a United States Senator from Louisiana, regretfully declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "The Democracy of...
GLC02925.18
13 March 1860
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Toombs, a United States Senator from Georgia, regretfully declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "I consider your...
GLC02925.20
7 April 1915
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
to Alfred Burr
Signed as President. Letter regarding the investigation of statements made against Mr. Spellacy.
GLC02925.23
1 October 1867
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]
Check for $16.25 signed by Gideon Welles to "B" and endorsed on verso by Brady.
GLC02926
1941
Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977
[Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]
Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by the nine justices: Owen J. Roberts, J.C. McReynolds, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fisk Stone, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, and Frank...
GLC02929.01
2 March 1888
Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
to A. E. Barr & Co.
Begins by asking Burr to consider this letter private and confidential. Discusses the possible mistaken publication of his letter in the Times. Informs he received a request from a reporter from the Hartford Times and might have answered...
GLC02925.02
1908/03/14
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
to Willie Olcott Burr re: Nebraska Democratic platform & other proposals [Bryan]
Signed as a former President, concerning his feelings on the Nebraska Democratic platform and implicitly, the rise of populism and William Jennings Bryan. Cleveland advocate the "old Democratic creed."
GLC02925.05
17 March 1860
Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879
to Thomas H. Seymour
Cushing, former United States Representative, states that he proposes to leave soon for Hartford, Connecticut (possibly to campaign prior to the 1860 Presidential election). Cushing served as a U.S. congressman from Massachusetts (1835-1842) and as a...
GLC02925.07
Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879
Dix, postmaster of the City of New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Dix served as a U.S. senator from New York...
GLC02925.10
1855 ca?
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
to Alfred Burr re: hopes for Democratic party success in Connecticut [fragment]
Undated. Written as Democratic Senator from Illinois, to Burr, as Democratic State Central Committee.
GLC02925.11
1856/06/02
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
to Thomas H. Seymour re: letter of introduction for Mr. and Mrs. Stone
GLC02925.13
December 29. 1859
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Remarks, " ... my conviction that this is preeminently the time, possibly the only time, for an earnest & successful effort to overthrow sectionalism in the Northern States." Marked private at top.
GLC02925.15
10 March 1860
Van Buren, John, 1810-1866
Van Buren, a Democratic party leader from New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "the Democrats of New York &...
GLC02925.21
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