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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
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
circa March 1850
Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)
[Two items from William Gilmore Simms] [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00496.224
6 June 1841
Carter, Henry L. (fl. 1841)
[Printed bill of sale for John, an enslaved man]
One printed bill of sale paid by John P.B. Jones to James C. Pleasants dated June 6, 1841. Jones paid 670 dollars to enslave a man named John. The document was filled out and signed by Henry L. Carter, Pleasants' attorney.
GLC01445.01
circa December 1836
Lyons, James (fl. 1836)
[Request for enslaved people]
One document possibly written by James Lyons. As executor of the will of William Moseley, requests the people whom he currently has enslaved should be transported back to William Moseley's daughter by Christmas.
GLC01447.05
23 January 1838
Winslow, Philip B. (fl. 1838)
In Hanover County Court, January 23rd 1838
One orders dated January 23, 1838 from the Hanover County Court to the sherriff. The order lists the names of freedmen who were not able to pay their taxes: [Cussis] Austin, Milton Rook, John Redd, Peter Page, Frank Harris, Moses Harrison, Jordan...
GLC01447.06
26 April 1841
Tyler, John (1790-1862)
to Joshua Spencer
Signed by Tyler as President and Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. Tyler offers information concerning Canadian Alexander McLeod to Spencer, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. States that Henry Fox, Minister...
GLC01512.01
circa 1853
Towson, Nathan (1784-1854)
Hon. John McLean, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
An excerpt from the book Portaits of Eminent Americans Now Living, Including President Pierce, written by John Livingston and published in 1854, summarizes the life and accomplishments of Judge McLean:"Cheerful in temper, frank in manners...
GLC01740.05.04
9 April 1847
Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)
General orders: No. 101
A free black man, Isaac Kirk, referred to as a resident and citizen of the United States, is charged, convicted of, and sentenced to death for rape.
GLC00911.02
5 August 1847
General orders: No. 246
Signed by H.L. Scott. Order for marches, naming Brevet Colonel Childs military and civil governor of Puebla, Mexico. Includes prerequisites for marchers and harsh punishments for those who fail to complete the drills.
GLC00911.07
26 October 1847
General orders: No. 325
Signed by H. L. Scott. Brevet Brigadier General P.F. Smith announced as new civil and military governor of Mexico City, Surgeon R.S. Satterlee as the new Medical Director of the Army.
GLC00911.27
17 January 1848
General orders: No. 20
Signed by H.L. Scott. Docket reads "Genl. Orders, No. 20." Letter from Secretary of War W.L. Marcy to the General-in-Chief of Mexico expressing the President's pride in the American's efforts in that country.
GLC00911.57
17 April 1848
Butler, William Orlando (1791-1880)
Orders No. 65
Signed by L. Thomas. Docket reads "No. 65." Praise from the people of Kentucky to Major General Winfield Scott for his achievements in Mexico. Resolutions credited to Speaker of the House James F. Buckner, Speaker of the Senate Archibald Dixon...
GLC00911.79
20 April 1848
Orders No. 69
Signed by L. Thomas. Docket reads "No. 69." Discusses the importance of monthly reports from commanders and calls their attention to the Rules and Articles of War and to Army Regulations.
GLC00911.80
23 May 1848
Orders No.103
Signed by L. Thomas. Docket reads "No. 103." Announces the appointment of Brigadier General S.W. Kearny as civil and military governor of Mexico City and Major W.H. Bell as chief of the Ordnance Department.
GLC00911.85
24 April 1856
Brown, John (1800-1859)
to Mary Ann Brown
Defeat of a pro-slavery judge. Recounts story of "one of the most deeply exciting times..since our arival in the territory. A United States Judge came here & attempted to hold a Court, & to enforce the enactment of the Bogus Legislature but was...
GLC00929.01
South Carolina. Convention (1860-1862)
Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union; and the ordinance of secession.
First Edition, later edition. Presented by C.G. Memminger, a South Carolina legislator and Confederate government official, as the report of the committee to draw up the Confederate declaration of independence.
GLC00725
1875
[Portrait of Samuel Houston]
Portrait of Samuel Houston. Included with GLC01119.01. Date drawn from handwritten note in pencil.
GLC01119.02
Kelley, William D. (1814-1890)
An Address Delivered by Hon. William D. Kelley at Girard Avenue, Above Eleventh St. on October 3rd, 1856
Published by "Philadelphia Morning Times", No. 3. Discusses various topics including the character of the Republican Party, threats of dissolution of the Union, and emigration from the South to the North. Includes a map of the U.S. showing "free...
GLC01265.05
27 April 1853
Darbee, L. & Son (1853)
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 291, whole no. 1676 (April 27, 1853)]
Includes the conclusion of a preview of a work soon to be published called "The Narrative of Solomon Northrop, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery in Washington City, in 1844, and Rescued in 1853 from a cotton plantation, near the...
GLC06069.02
17 July 1858
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 [Decimalized .01-.03]
GLC06214
15 March 1836
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Aaron Hobart
Discusses disagreements in Congress over his positions at a time when, in his capacity as congressman, he was opposing patronage policies and the proposed "Gag Rule." Comments that "It was unfortunate for Mr. [Daniel] Webster that in the position...
GLC06313.01
20 April 1850
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Thanks Hobart for a letter and his approval of one of Webster's speeches. Comments: "If we cannot subdue, or restrain, this fanatical abolition Spirits, I know not how we shall get along, without great trouble, or be able to carry on the Govt."...
GLC06313.02
3 March 1820
Sampson, Zabdiel (1781-1828)
Briefly reports the passage of the Missouri Compromise: "The question, so long debated in Congress of excluding slavery from our territories is settled, by the passage of a bill...which excludes slavery forever, from the whole of the American...
GLC06313.03
22 January 1822
Hagner, Peter (fl. 1797-1822)
Indicates that a letter with enclosures Representative Hobart sent to the Secretary of War has been forwarded to the Auditor's Office. The letter regarded the payments sue to Edward Morton for boats and arms supplied. Explains pertinent regulations...
GLC06313.04.143
2 February 1822
Holmes, Charles J. (1790-1859)
Letter of introduction for the son of Elisha Ruggles of Rochester, Massachusetts, who was relocating to Washington, D.C. as "an officer in the newly established College at Washington."
GLC06313.04.148
21 February 1822
Written from the Treasury Department & Auditor's Office. Asks for the papers in the case of Edward Morton to be returned. Hobart was helping Morton recover money owed to him for boats and arms he supplied (see GLC06313.143).
GLC06313.04.149
14 February 1822
Cutting, Nathaniel (b. 1774)
Discusses a memorial petition requesting a military land bounty for Stephen Raymond, the heir to Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Raymond, which had again come to his office. Indicates that his feelings about its merits have not changed and that he...
GLC06313.04.153
18 February 1822
Dey, Anthony (1777-1859)
Circular letter from Anthony Dey sending a flax sample (not included) processed by "his new Machine," which would be on exhibit in Washington, D.C.
GLC06313.04.158
22 February 1822
Meigs, Return J. (1782-1851)
Informs Hobart that he will "make the Communication attended to on Monday next," which has been delayed by several committees calling on him. Written from the General Post Office.
GLC06313.04.159
25 February 1822
In accordance with a resolution Hobart introduced and which had passed through Congress, Meigs, as Postmaster General, sent statements to the Speaker of the House and the Chairman on Post Offices & Post Roads. Sends Hobart a copy (not included)....
GLC06313.04.161
12 March 1822
Brown, Bartholomew (1772-1854)
Sends Hobart a friend's land warrant in hopes that Hobart can sell it in Washington, D.C., where Brown comments that it might fetch a higher price. The land was in South Bridgewater.
GLC06313.04.168
21 March 1822
Anderson, Joseph (1757-1837)
Indicates he received the "documents relative to the remission of a fine incurred by Captain Bartlett," which have been submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for review. Written from the treasury and signed by Anderson as comptroller.
GLC06313.04.175
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