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1819
Tiffin, Edward (1766-1829)
Instructions for district surveyors
Writes as Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory. Imparts specific methods for surveying land and subdividing townships.
GLC03528
21 September 1838
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to editor of Quincy Patriot
Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his...
GLC03707
29 September 1828
Houston, Sam (1793-1863)
[Land grant to Thomas Seitz]
Land grant to Thomas Seitz signed by Sam Houston as Governor of Tennessee, and countersigned by Daniel Graham as Secretary. Notes, "State of Tennessee no 451." Red seal on upper left corner.
GLC02659
8 July 1817
Hewson, John (1744-1821)
to Rufus Lincoln [incomplete]
Says Lincoln's daughter reports his health is as good as can be expected. Hewson says his health has been poor since last winter and that he was confined to the house for eight or nine weeks. Says God wanted him to live in order to help his youngest...
GLC03849.04
circa 1820
Undated, circa date inferred from other letters in the collection. Note in pencil in different hand says page 13 is the last, but it is missing here. Pages numbered 5-12 so beginning and end of letter are missing. After escaping to New Jersey...
GLC03849.08
20 November 1838
Weld, Theodore Dwight (1803-1895)
to Milton Sutliff
Weld writes to Sutliff, an Ohio abolitionist and lawyer, from the Office of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The Society will be publishing a series of tracts refuting the main objections to abolition, and Weld seeks information on slavery and the...
GLC04941
1825-1833
Texas. Draft of brief on behalf of Union Land Company & Trinity Land Company
Anonymous draft of a brief for the Union Land Company and the Trinity Land Company, on behalf of Lorenzo de Zavala, David G. Burnet and Joseph Vehlein.
GLC04170
1828
Ley de Colonizacion... [law opening Texas to American colonization] [In Spanish]
Printed by Samuel Bangs. First printing. References: Streeter 727; Streeter Sale 297.
GLC04247
7 July 1819
Unknown
to James Balloch
Writes to his cousin in Cornish, New Hampshire that he has been ill the past few days but is recovering. He believes people traveling to the area (Mississippi) from the north suffer because of the sudden climate change. States he arrived in Natchez...
GLC04601.09
26 February 1824
Parris, Albion Keith (1788-1857)
to John Andrew Shulze
Printed resolution signed by Parris as Governor of Maine to Pennsylvania Governor John Andrew Shulze. Certified by A. Nichols as Maine's Secretary of State. First page claims he is passing along a copy of a resolution passed by the legislature of...
GLC05191
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