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1841/04/29
Clopper, Nicholas (fl. 1841)
Capital stock certificate for $50 for land in Portland, Republic of Texas
Signed as agent for sales. Engraved stock certificate. Streeter, Texas 450.
GLC02934
17 April 1846
De Cordova, Jacob (1808-1868)
[Receipt for $25 from W. Rhodes for surveying headright of James O. Rice]
Records the payment by De Cordova and James O. Rice to W. Rhodes, "administrator on the Estate of J.P. Kimball," for locating and surveying Rice's headright.
GLC02935
15 December 1835
McFarland, William (fl. 1835)
[Sale of land to Archibald Hotchkiss]
Sale of land document from John Davidson to Archibald Hotchkiss. Handwritten note in pencil on top of document: "Galveston Bay: Texas Land co. 450." Docket on verso.
GLC02938
1849/09/03
Lamar, Mirabeau B. (fl. 1839-1849)
Land grant [1840] to Levi Jones & Edward Hall of 18215 acres on Galveston Island
Certified copy signed by George W. Smyth as Land Office Commissioner.
GLC02939
12 December 1838
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
to John Brown Dillon
Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General...
GLC02946
26 June 1857
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas.
Speech on the subjects of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois, June 26th, 1857.
GLC02954
17 July 1858
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Discusses the disadvantages faced by the Republican Party in the upcoming election. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC02955
1858
Facts for the people
Contains the following documents: "Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858;" "Great Speech of Senator Trumbull, on the Issues of the Day, Delivered in Chicago, Saturday, August 7, 1858;" "Douglas'...
GLC02956
1860-1899
Ross, Alexander Milton (1832-1897)
Collection of John Brown documents from Alexander M. Ross [Decimalized .01-.56]
Fifty three letters, one document, one photograph, and one letterbook, collected by Alexander M. Ross and related to John Brown's family. Mostly letters from John Brown's children to Ross.
GLC03007
5 January 1860
Stevens, Aaron D. (1831-1860)
to Anne Brown Adams
One letter from Aaron D. Stevens to Anne Brown Adams dated January 5, 1860. Awaiting his upcoming trial and execution, and recalls the deaths of John Brown and other Harpers Ferry raiders. Says "The boys met their fate very cheerful." Was badly...
GLC03007.01
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