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1801/06/17
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to David Lenox
Forwards papers to Lenox concerning British impressment of American seamen because they possibly allude to one such impressed citizen, John Stafford.
GLC01511
25 February 1792
Blodget, Samuel, Jr., fl. 1792
[Land deed for future site of Washington, D.C.].
Countersigned by Jacob Welsh. Partly printed document, "Obligation. No. 289," deeds a lot of land in the future city of Washington to John Dewhurst. The exact location of the lot will be determined after the city's design is laid upon the land known...
GLC01527
1 January 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Emancipation Proclamation
Official State Department printing of the final version, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. "...I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free...
GLC01532
May 1912
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
[Sample ballot card for the 1912 Republican National Convention]
Printed by Allied Printing. Inscribed "to little Miss Mabel" and signed by Roosevelt. The pro-Roosevelt campaign document explains how William H. Taft's managers "denied you the right to vote your preference for president" and instructs how to...
GLC01487
1775/09/05
Rhode Island Assembly
Acts and Resolutions re: preparing for war [with manuscript note]
Printed folio, stab stitched and signed by Henry Ward as Secretary. Addressed to the Town Clerk of Cumberland, Rhode Island.
GLC01491
1870 ca.
Rockwood, George C., 1832-1911
[Carte de visite portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse]
GLC01493
30 June 1780
Avery, John, 1739-1806
[Massachusetts Order to recruit aid to fight against the British in New Jersey]
One broadside from Massachusetts calling for recruiters, officers and town selectmen who "are fired with love of Freedom and scorn to be Slaves" to fight against the British army in Morristown, New Jersey. Message printed by John Avery.
GLC01495
15 May 1776
Hart, John, 1708-1780
to the Treasurers of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey
Certifies payment to Augustine Stevenson for his service as a member of the New Jersey Committee of Safety.
GLC01499
10 March 1762
Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
to the sheriff of Newport County
Informs that King George III has commanded troops be raised in the colonies. Indicates that Major General Jeffrey Amherst calls for 178 men to serve from Rhode Island. Orders the sheriff to give notice to the members of the general assembly in the...
GLC01500
16 February 1776
Williams, William, 1731-1811
[Document allocating funds for the construction of a naval galley]
Williams, a Lebanon, Connecticut city clerk and Selectman, reports that at a previous meeting, the Governor and Council of Safety of Connecticut voted that the Committee of Pay Tables should collect money to build a galley for use by the colony....
GLC01503
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