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1833/04/29
Ogden, Thomas L., fl. 1833
New Arkansas & Texas Land Co. grant to Sylvester Davis (cos. Jackson & Curtis)
Numbered 3895. Cosigned by Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis. Streeter, Texas Rev. 1138.1.
GLC02933
1846/04/17
De Cordova, Jacob, 1808-1868
[Receipt for $25 from W. Rhodes for surveying headright of James O. Rice]
Records the payment by De Cordova and James O. Rice to W. Rhodes, "administrator on the Estate of J.P. Kimball," for locating and surveying Rice's headright.
GLC02935
8 January 1800
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel and Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 32, No. 37 (January 8, 1800)]
Includes a report from James Craik and Elisha C. Dick, physicians from Alexandria, Virginia, present at the 14 December 1799 death of George Washington. Contains a detailed description of funeral honors dedicated to Washington by the inhabitants of...
GLC02960
1851
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
to Emanuel Bernard Hart
Douglas writes to Hart, a United States Representative from New York: "A thousand thanks for your letter & for the efforts of our friends in the empire city. If I had a few such friends everywhere the battle would be soon won" (possibly referring to...
GLC02975
1839/10/16
Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869
to Mark Healy
Wishes to know why his desire to purchase land in Arkansas and Mississippi should be related to Mr. Moore's actions, and hopes to have the situation resolved soon. On verso, what appears to be Healy's draft of a response, written in pencil. Free...
GLC02976
1885
Sartain, John, 1808-1897
The Battle of Gettysburg
Headline reads "From the Original Picture painted for the State of Pennsylvania under award of Commission appointed by the Legislature." Caption reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by P. F. Rothermel in the office of the...
GLC02980.01
1796/04/12
Adams, Thomas B., 1772-1832
to Joseph Pitcairn re: Mediterranean sailing for American ships, Algiers
GLC02961
22 January 1856
Tracy, Edward Dorr, 1833-1863
to Ellen Steele
Expresses his love to his fiance, and discusses the date of their upcoming wedding.
Excerpts: "... You say if it will suit my convenience better you will postpone our wedding to the 26th ult instead of consummating it on the 19th. In such matters...
GLC02963
4 May 1884
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to John E. Tourtelotte
Addressed to Tourtelotte as Major, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Comments upon his retirement three months earlier. " ... I feel that the End which we have so long contemplated has at last come, and looking at it in a Common Sense view it is better this than a...
GLC02964
11 September 1865
Edgerton, R. W., fl. 1865
[Oath of allegiance to the United States]
Also signed by Hope Bain and Edmund [Cross], both Justices of the Peace.
GLC02966
circa 1861
[Arkansas handout supporting the Confederacy]
Possibly a secession handout created in Arkansas. Consists of a color print of a man climbing a flagpole displaying a United States flag; the motto "We have nailed our colors to the mast," evoking a nautical term signifying defiance; the state seal...
GLC02967
1863/08/23
Van Devalls, A., fl. 1863
re: a deserter
Transcript available.
GLC02969
1863/08/29
Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865
to his wife re: Morris Island
GLC02971
1864/10/24
Edinborough, C. J., fl. 1864
Union soldier's letter re: battle of Cedar Creek
GLC02972
1866
Hamlin, Augustus C., 1829-1905
Martyria, or, Andersonville Prison
Printed in Boston by Lee & Shepard, with a signed presentation note dated 10 October 1866 by the author to Ulysses S. Grant. The book documents the conditions at Andersonville Prison. Illustrated by the author.
GLC02982
1853
Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867
Galveston entrance, Texas, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache superintendant of the survery of the coast of the United States
Map of the Galveston entrance in Texas from 1853. Sailing directions written on righthand side of document, including information about tides. Harbor shown is the Gulf of Mexico. Includes compass. Scale noted on bottom. Triangulation by R.H...
GLC02941
15 October 1861
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
to Samuel Hooper
Written from camp near Damstown. Banks, commanding a division, Army of the Potomac, replies to a note from Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Relates that he has been busy organizing his staff, and will soon make...
GLC02944.01
17 October 1862
Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, writes to Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Discusses the court martial of Lt. Goodrich (possibly the son of John Goodrich, former Representative...
GLC02944.02
1863/06/19
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Jefferson Davis
Written as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Describes his forces advancing across the Potomac towards Pennsylvania. Lee mentions problems procuring supplies; Harpers Ferry. Was written near Millwood, Virginia.
GLC02948
23 December 1837
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
to Peter Wager
Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling...
GLC02949
15 December 1835
McFarland, William, fl. 1835
[Sale of land to Archibald Hotchkiss]
Sale of land document from John Davidson to Archibald Hotchkiss. Handwritten note in pencil on top of document: "Galveston Bay: Texas Land co. 450." Docket on verso.
GLC02938
1849/09/03
Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849
Land grant [1840] to Levi Jones & Edward Hall of 18215 acres on Galveston Island
Certified copy signed by George W. Smyth as Land Office Commissioner.
GLC02939
1819/09/02
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to Spencer Roane
Responds to Judge Roane's critical comments on the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland. Contends that the case "did not call for the general & abstract doctrine interwoven with the decision," preferring that the court evaluate the...
GLC02945
12 December 1838
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
to John Brown Dillon
Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General...
GLC02946
21 January 1865
to James H. Wilson
Celebratory discussion of union victories in the South. Sherman writes that he "knocked the daylight through Georgia," that General Wilson and General George H. Thomas gave confederate Generals "Hood & Forest a taste of what they have to Expect by...
GLC02947
1 April 1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Thomas Bocock
Text written for Davis by his private secretary, Burton Harrison. Indicates he is sending a communication from the Secretary of the Navy (not included) related to the budget for prosecuting the Civil War. "I herewith transmit to the House of...
GLC02950
1785/12/03
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to John Jay re: powers and liabilities of consuls
Written as American Minister to Great Britain, to Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jay. Adams recommends Winslow Warren to be consul in Lisbon and discusses qualifications for consuls. Docketed by Jay. Written at Grosvenor Square.
GLC02951
26 June 1857
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas.
Speech on the subjects of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois, June 26th, 1857.
GLC02954
17 July 1858
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Discusses the disadvantages faced by the Republican Party in the upcoming election. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the South's reliance on slavery was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC02955
1777-1779
[Document on manuevers for Nixon's & Glover's brigades]
Undated and without place. References the movements and maneuvers of Nixon's brigade, Glover's brigade, and Sullivan's division. Is very specific on where flankers need to be. Notes that "Above all a most strict Silence is to be observ'd." Dating...
GLC02959
1860
Currier & Ives
"The Irrepressible Conflict" or the Republican Barge in Danger
Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Cartoon making reference to the so-called "Irrepressible Conflict" speech given by New York Senator William Seward at Rochester, New York on 25 October 1858. This speech ignited a firestorm...
GLC03489
2 May 1789
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [No. 6 (May 2, 1789)]
Includes a description of George Washington's 30 April 1789 inauguration as the first President of the United States, held in New York City, with a printing of his Inaugural Address (page 3). Contains a column on the political state of America, and...
GLC03518
1861
Bachmann, John, fl. 1849-1885
Bird's-eye View of North and South Carolina and Part of Georgia
From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War. Locations of cities, towns, and military posts are identified as well as locations of naval ships. "Drawn from nature and lithographed by John Bachmann." Includes a key stating the distances between...
GLC03525
Bird's-eye View of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Part of Florida
From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War. Shows the Mississippi River delta where the river flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Locations of cities, towns, and military posts are identified as well as locations of naval ships. "Drawn from nature...
GLC03526
1898
Our victorious fleets in Cuban waters [chromolithograph]
GLC03534
8 February 1847
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
to Mr. Fisher
Wilkes, a Naval commander and former leader of the United States Surveying and Exploration Expedition, requests Fischer (possibly either Congressman David Fisher or George Fisher) to send him a ticket for an assembly.
GLC03480
Bird's-eye view of Texas and part of Mexico
From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War.
GLC03484
28 June 1863
to Robert E. Lee
Reviews confederate military position on the eve on Gettysburg. Discusses General U.S. Grant's entrenchment at the Mississippi and attempt to take Vicksburg from General Joseph Johnston. Mentions the need to reinforce Johnston with troops from...
GLC03778
April 11, 1776
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
to John Barry
Signed by members Hancock, Robert Morris, John Alsop, Richard Henry Lee, Joseph Hewes, George Read, William Whipple, and Stephen Hopkins as members of the Congressional Marine Committee (all but Alsop went on to sign the Declaration of Independence)...
GLC03715
26 May 1774
Read, George, 1733-1798
to Virginia Committee of Correspondence
Countersigned by Thomas McKean and John McKinley. Read, McKean, and McKinley were members of the Delaware Committee of Correspondence. Discusses the Boston Port Bill, nonimportation, and the formation of a continental congress.
GLC03718
19 April 1861
Appointment of Alexander H. Stephens as agent to treat with Va. (c/s Toombs)
Countersigned by Robert Toombs. Stephens was to negotiate Virginia's joining the Confederacy.
GLC03724
30 April 1862
to Joseph E. Johnston re: defense of Richmond during Peninsular Campaign, plans
Also concerns his plans to obstruct the James River.
GLC03747
29 December 1777
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to New Hampshire re: asking for supplies, call to arms & poor state of army
Written in the hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Washington appeals for clothing and supplies for his troops. Copies of this letter went to every state. Washington writes in part: "We had in Camp on the 23rd Instt. by a field report then taken, not...
GLC03706
July 1863
Corbin, Elbert, 1836-?
to Emily Corbin [Incomplete]
Lists some of the men and their injuries, all of which came from the 1st Regiment, Light Artillery, N. Y. S. Volunteers (Pettit's Battery). Also lists supplies lost, repairs made, patching up a Lieutenant Sheldon, and being left there "in care of...
GLC03685
6 March 1656
Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672
[Commission of Captain Frederick de Coninck and Captain Lieutenant Brian Nuton for operations in Westchester] [in Dutch]
Cosigned by Nicasius de Sille, First Counsellor of New Netherland Jan La Montagne, and Secretary of New Netherland Cornelis Van Tienhoven. Details a secret mission to the English town of Westchester to seize criminals, banish the other inhabitants...
GLC03699
21 September 1838
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to editor of Quincy Patriot
Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his...
GLC03707
26 March 1776
Hancock, Thomas McKean, Richard Henry Lee, John Alsop, Joseph Hewes, Robert Morris, and Edward Rutledge sign as members of the Marine Committee (all but Alsop went on to sign the Declaration of Independence). Hancock et al. inform Captain Barry that...
GLC03714
30 May 1934
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
[Press release of speech delivered on Memorial Day at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]
Signed at end as President. Speech mentions the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg and Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Stresses the importance of uniting the country. Gives particular attention to the part played by George Washington as...
GLC03352
15 March 1781- 9 May 1782
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
[Pickering's letterbook]
Inventory attached. Contains two alphabetical lists of recipient's names. One eight page list is attached to the inner front cover by string and measures 23.2 x 19 cm. The other list is bound in as part of the letterbook. Contains letters to...
GLC03425
02 June 1776
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
to Landon Carter re: calling for America's independence, troubles with Britain
Written as delegate to Congress from Virginia. Docketed with comments by Carter, the recipient.
GLC03421
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