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4 November 1814
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to William B. Lewis
Requisitioning lead and powder prior to the Battle of New Orleans: "A few more attacks...will soon exhaust my supplies..."
GLC08252
25 May 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Presidential pardon of Richard Hayden, who was convicted of destroying letters stolen from the mail].
Pardon signed by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Hayden was in an "advanced stage of pulmonary consumption" at the time of the pardon.
GLC08253
20 December 1783
Revolutionary War poems
[Collection of 2 printed rebus poems]. Decimalized.
GLC08255
15 April
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
to Henry Clymer
Clymer writes his brother a humorous letter re-naming the family farm: "You want I suppose it should be like Don Quixote's horse at once sonorous and significant." Includes two illustrations. No year.
GLC08256
06 October 1795
Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795
[Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]
Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."
GLC08257
15 October 1831
Vinton, John, fl. 1831
to his mother
Vinton, a captain of a northern regiment assisted in the suppression of Nat Turner's slave rebellion: "I doubt if any active movement against the slaves will be necessary...[They] however are irresponsible and reckless and it is difficult to foresee...
GLC08258
5 April 1884
Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895
to F. B. Sanborn
Transmittal letter returning proofs not included to John Brown's biographer, correcting events and names of participants at Pottawatomie Creek. He states that his brother, Frederick, "did not have a hand in the execution of those men, though thought...
GLC08260
15 January 1873
Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884
to Jason Brown and Ellen Brown
John Brown's wife writes to her son and daughter from the family homestead. She comments on erecting " a good iron fence...around...the memorial to your father's grave...." Also details sibling activities and spring livestock.
GLC08261
24 January 1895
Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904
to F.B. Sanborn
John Brown's daughter assisting his biographer in locating various siblings of Brown because "yours is a perfect truthful history of him and his deeds."
GLC08262
02 February 1885
Brown, Jason, 1823-1912
to F.B. Stanton
John Brown's son and "Bleeding Kansas" companion apologizes for lack of funds because of hard times and asks for additional advance for Brown family land purchase.
GLC08263
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