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1 May 1876
Seals, Alex, (fl. 1876)
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
Seals is writing Senator Bruce to tell him that his health is good, but he asks the Senator to look after his claims and let him know what's going on in Washington.
GLC09400.221
April 2, 1828
Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843)
to John H. B. Latrobe
Concerning an American Colonization Society legal settlement arising from the transportation of cargo and colonists. Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and member of the society, brainstorms ideas for diminishing their liability. Latrobe was also a lawyer...
GLC07100
31 December 1808
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to William Henry Harrison
Asks Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territory, to help pass laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to Indians, in hopes that it will remove a "great obstacle to their acquiring industrious habits." Also notes that the general government policy...
GLC07156
1803/02/27
to William H. Harrison re: seeking more land for the U.S. by subjugating Indians
"To promote this disposition to exchange lands,which they have to spare and we want . . . we shall push our trading houses, and be glad to see the good & influential individuals among them run in debt, because we observe that when these debts get...
GLC07171
circa 7 March 1873
Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893)
to Benjamin Franklin Butler
Townsend, United States Adjutant General, replies to a letter from Butler, who served as a General in the Civil War. Informs Butler that in the Civil War, 7,122 African American men served as officers, and 178,975 served as enlisted men, for a total...
GLC07200
21 February 1854
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
The landmark of freedom. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of 36° 30'. In the Senate, February 21, 1854.
Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Senator Sumner declares, "As a lover of concord and a jealous partisan of all things that make for peace, I am always glad to express my attachment to the Union; but I believe that this bond will be most truly preserved...
GLC07202.04
26 July 1863
Stone, D.L.M. (fl. 1861-)
to William J. Whittford
He writes on the Christian faith and God's will which has carried them to this point in the war. He refers to the Garrison abolitionists and their motto: "The United States Constitution is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell."
GLC07205.103
12 February 1909
Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)
Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC
Original draft of speech: "I was born a slave...my first recollection of Abraham Lincoln was...by the prayers of my mother...as she was kneeling over my body earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and that one day she and her boy might...
GLC07232
29 April 1870
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
to unknown
"The wife of Captain John Brown and I believe a daughter are now living on a farm somewhere in California."
GLC07236
1798/11/24
Henderson, Ann (fl. 1798)
Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)
Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC07311
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