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circa 1400-1500
[Antiphon]
Single sheet of music. Date inferred. An antiphon is a verse usually from Scripture sung before and after a canticle or psalm as part of the liturgy.
GLC00496.124
18 March 1791
Ball, Farling, 1730-1805
[Henry A. Bennett v. Farling Ball on charge of trespass]
Counter-signed by George Muir and John Davis. Fines Ball 9 pounds for trespassing on Bennett's property. Includes bill for 4 pounds, 5 shillings and 10 pence in court fees.
GLC00496.126
July 7, 1865
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
to Major Mayer
Attempts to settle a debate regarding the whereabouts of Thomas Johnson Jr. and Sr. Bancroft was Secretary of the Navy and minister to Prussia, Germany, and England.
GLC00496.127
May 14, 1833
Banim, John, 1798-1842
to Thomas Pringle
Introduces Henry Morton.
GLC00496.128
July 9, 1837
Bourke, Richard, Sir, 1777-1855
Discusses news regarding the Stuurman case. Sir Richard Bourke was Governor of New South Wales, Australia.
GLC00496.131
circa 1850
Bremer, Fredrika, fl. 1850
[In all things seek the truth!]
Manuscript consists of an aphorism in German, its English translation ("Trans. In all things seek the truth!"), and the signature. Verso is an inscription, "with Mrs. Porter's compliments and thanks, to Mr. Ryland", and (in a third hand) the...
GLC00496.132
July 21, 1834
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham,, 1778-1868
to unknown
Introduces Harriet Martineau. Martineau was a British author and transcendentalist.
GLC00496.133
circa 1847
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
[The May sun sheds an amber light]
Poem lamenting a woman's death. Imprint of a crown on upper left hand corner.
GLC00496.134
1783-1815
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
to Edmund Fry
Offers special hotel rates for unspecified delegates.
GLC00496.135
March 22, 1828
Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 1786-1845
Thanks recipient for book of poetry. Discusses dinner plans with William Wilberforce and Zachary Macaulay. Buxton, Wilberforce and Macaulay were British abolitionists who worked for social reform. The letter also mentions Secretary of State...
GLC00496.137
11 March 1768
Bartram, Moses, fl. 1768
Observations on the native silk worms of North America
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (offprint). Pamphlet untrimmed and tied with rope.
GLC00496.411
22 June 1769
Washington, George, 1732-1799
[Land bond to increase acreage at Mount Vernon]
Cosigned by Robert Alexander. Washington refers to himself in the third person seven times. Alexander wants to sell 300 acres of Maryland land his wife inherited from her father to George Washington. Washington hoped to exchange the plot with Thomas...
GLC00479
January 13, 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Edward Bates
Request to Attorney General Edward Bates for him to have made and sent to him a pardon for Benjamin C. Robertson of Dickson County, Tennessee.
GLC00482
08 August 1873
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Greene B. Horne].
GLC00484
15 January 1873
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Joel Hughes].
GLC00485
30 September 1873
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardons of John Register, William Ricks and William Horn].
GLC00486
25 July 1780
Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
[Orders for John Moore, Wagon Master of Pennsylvania
Signed as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Explains that the arrival of the French fleet has induced General George Washington and the Continental Congress to "call for a number of Teams and Horses." Seeks wagons and...
GLC00490
circa June 1863
Donopley, D.W., fl. 1863
Men of the Keystone State, rally for its defence!
Recruitment broadside in Pennsylvania published during Lee's invasion of the North in 1863, seemingly before the Battle of Gettysburg. Created by Captain D.W. Donopley of Company L of the First Regiment of the Washington Guard under Colonel William...
GLC00492
March 25, 1793
to Gouverneur Morris
Discusses his non-involvement in foreign affairs. The death that called Washington to Mount Vernon was that of his nephew, George Augustus Washington, who died of tuberculosis.
GLC00494
March 12, 1823
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Stephen R. Bradley
Explains his 1804 opposition to a bill supported by General Samuel Smith that would further protect U.S. sailors from British impressment. Refutes Smith's suggestion that Adams' position justifies British impressment. Argues that the legislation...
GLC00496.003
March 9, 1820
to William C. Bradley
Written as Secretary of State. re: not complying with request, Treaty of Ghent
GLC00496.004
February 23, 1807
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
to George Clinton
Written by Allen the Vermont adventurer and land speculator, who had lost his fortune by the time this letter was written. Allen was the brother to Ethan Allen. Written to Vice President Clinton at the Senate's request. Describes Vermont's role in...
GLC00496.005
1780
Campbell, William, 1745-1781
The expedition to and battle on Kings Mountain
An account of Battle of Kings Mountain, which took place in South Carolina on 7 October 1780, by Colonel Campbell (two months after the battle he was made brigadier general of militia). Describes the political and administrative background leading...
GLC00496.011
13 July 1889
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
[Sepia cabinet portrait of William T. Sherman]
Contemporary portrait of Sherman, published in 1888. Seated, upper torso, arms folded. Dated "1889" and signed by Sherman in pencil on front with his inscription on verso to General Frederick Tracy Dent in Denver on 13 July 1889. Dent was Grant's...
GLC00478
1861
Whiting, William H., 1824-1865
Army regulations, adopted for the use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late acts of congress
Signed "Wm H C Whiting" on title page with note "Brig Genl C.S.A." Also a autograph note signed "Jas H Hill" by James Hill, Whiting's staff officer and Assistant Adjutant General. Published by West & Johnston. This book of regulations revised from...
GLC00480
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