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25 September 1861
McKinney, Erastus R. (fl. 1851-1904)
to his father and wife
re: news of his new station outside Norfolk; request for some rosin and his violin book; African American cook; and march to Bird's Point
GLC02179.01.011
26 June 1865
Ganisus, J. C.
to unknown
re: receipt for property taxes
GLC02179.01.036
Letter fragment about photograph, taxes.
Letter fragment. Re: receipt of a photograph, taxes.
GLC02179.01.043
20 May 1856
Dobbin, James Cochran (1814-1857)
[Request for examination by the board of Naval Engineers]
Requests that Archer report to Daniel B. Martin, Esq., Chief Engineer, to be examined by the Board of Engineers. The form is to be given to the care of J.R. Anderson, Esqr., Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Va. Document co-signed by Daniel B. Martin...
GLC01896.016
13 November 1860
Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899)
to Aaron Jeffery
Expresses his disapproval of a possible appointment to office from Abraham Lincoln who has been elected president, the conflict between North and South, his advice to prepare for the worst and to hold above all else the fundamental principle of self...
GLC01896.045
8 March 1834
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
to James William Paige
Discusses legislative action regarding the Bank of the United States, including introduction of the Massachusetts Resolutions before the Senate. Notes that the House majority remains small, and that Senate support should be stronger, but that John C...
GLC01946.17
circa 1842
to Harriette Story Paige
Writes to his sister-in-law, enclosing a note of introduction for British foreign minister Lord Alexander Ashburton and James Paige, Harriette's husband. Instructs Harriette to have the note "sealed and presented on [Ashburton's] arrival." States,...
GLC01946.22
29 August 1842
States at the top of the letter, "1 o'clock- Tariff passed," likely referring to the Tariff of 1842, which returned duties to what they had been before the Compromise Tariff of 1833. Thanks his sister-in-law Paige for the sixth "mouchoir," or...
GLC01946.23
2 October 1844
Reports to his sister-in-law Paige that he enjoys the company of her husband, James William Paige, in Philadelphia. States that he plans to venture into the Mining District of Pennsylvania and hopes James will join him. Relates that he went to a...
GLC01946.29
circa 1848
to Harriette Story Paige [incomplete]
Instructs his sister-in-law to bring him a letter she wrote on the second of the month. Reports he will do all he can for George Paige (likely a relative of Harriette's) including taking the unspecified matter in question before the Secretary of War...
GLC01946.51
1850
Meredith, William Morris (1799-1873)
to Daniel Webster
Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, writes, "[th]e Law limits the amount to be applied in exchanging coin for bullion to $1,000,000. This sum is in existing circumstances too small, & I have already written to the Chmn. [Chairman] of the Commt...
GLC01946.66
circa 1832-1844
[Hard Times tokens].
Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.
GLC01994.03
15 June 1850
Ewing, Thomas (1789-1871)
Widow's pension certificate
Widow's pension certificate for Isabella St. Clair, wife of Daniel St. Clair, Drum Major in the Revolutionary War. The certificate is sealed with the Department of the Interior seal. the docket indicates that the pension is to be paid in...
GLC02016.176
28 September 1851
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
to Thomas L. Sprague
Thanks Sprague, a schoolboy, for his compliments: "Through my mother, who recently visited your friends in Hingham, I have learned your kind interest in me, & the manner in which you have spoken of me in one of your exercises at school. The words of...
GLC02095.04
1847
Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States.
Sumner's lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company. Printed in Cambridge by Metcalf and Company, printers to the University. Inscribed on the original orange cover...
GLC02095.19
1856
The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.
Sumner delivered this speech after the May 1856 debates on slavery in Kansas. Condemns Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery. Published by Greeley and McElrath, New York. Advertised on cover page as being "for sale at the office of the New...
GLC02095.20
circa 1860
[Quotation of Charles Sumner on liberty]
Complete quotation reads: "For myself in a case of doubt I feel that I cannot go wrong when I lean to the side of Liberty."
GLC02095.25
1860
Currier & Ives
Lithographs depicting Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin following their nomination as Republican candidates for President and Vice President respectively [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC02132
8 January 1847
Ward, Thomas W.
[Receipt to Brown & Tarbor]
Receipt for payment to Brown & Tarbor for passage for African American woman and child. 1/8/1847. 1 p. + docket.
GLC02145.80.14
3 August 1858
Unknown
to "Dear John"
Signed "Charles"
GLC02181.02
12 March 1859
Howard, George W.
to "Cousin John"
Signed "George W. Howard"
GLC02181.03
25 December 1859
Taylor, G. H.
to "Friend Hale"
Signed "G.H. Taylor"
GLC02181.04
11 January 1860
Signed [illegible]
GLC02181.05
4 March 1860
Taylor, G Henry
Signed "G Henry Taylor"
GLC02181.06
1828-1893
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893)
[Collection of 2 items regarding Benjamin Butler] [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00496.136
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