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circa 1871-1910
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
[Signed manuscript copy of the first stanza of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]
Written for her granddaughter, one of the daughters of Laura E. Richards.
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19 March 1777
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Promotion of George Clark to Second Lieutenant of a Company of foot in the seventh Pennsylvania regiment].
Countersigned by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson. Official document promoting Clark. Partially printed, with blanks filled in by hand. Hancock signed as President of the Continental Congress.
GLC01253
October 28, 1715
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1762-1725
to Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev
Numbered "No. 108" on recto and "N. 88" on verso. The Czar recommends replacing Lieutenant General Anfediel with Lieutenant General Shlipenbah (possibly Wolmar Anton von Schileppenbach). Discusses political and military strategies against Sweden.
GLC01256
23 November 1862
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
General order no. 94
Written by order of General Sherman but signed by J. H. Hammond as Adjutant General. Assigns Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman commander of 6th Brigade. Provides for the garrisoning of Fort Pickering by three regiments of regulars and one or...
GLC01258
12 February 1866
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln
Delivered before Congress in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Printed by the Government Printing Office. With "Correspondence Relating to the Memorial Address," printed beginning on page 73.
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January 22, 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Note suspending execution of Harry C. Fuller at request of O. Kellogg
Requested by Orlando Kellogg
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Kellogg, Orlando, 1809-1865
to unknown
"The President told me today that the sentenced of Harry C. Fuller would stand suspended 'till I could have a hearing for him. I shall save him." Apparently a fragment from a longer letter
GLC01308.01
1802
United States. Congress (7th, 1st session : 1801-1802)
Acts passed at the first session of the seventh Congress...
Blue boards (as issued?) with extensive doodles and inscriptions made by the clerks of Orange County, NY
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1932
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
Lincoln, the Man of the People
Signed and dated poem by Markham. Document states that this poem was chosen to be read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in 1922. President Warren G. Harding delivered the address and the author read his poem. "Up from...
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18 January 1866
Wade, B.F., 1800-1878
[Extract from a speech regarding Wade's opposition to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies]
Wade elaborates on his unwavering political stance, especially supporting the patriotism and loyal of black Americans who served gallantly in the Civil War. States: "Now Sir I say to President Johnson, to the Democratic party, and to the people of...
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