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5 July 1854
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Authority to affix the seal to Power for James A. Peden
Authorizing Emissary James A. Pedden to negotiate a commercial treaty with "Buenos Ayres."
GLC01109
20 January 1869
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George S. Becker].
GLC01110
03 August 1865
[Presidential pardon and authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Alsop of Spotsylvania for rebellion].
Alsop, took part of a rebellion against the government. He was granted full pardon and amnesty by President Andrew Johnson to all the offences he committed. Countersigned by the Secretary of State William H. Seward.
GLC01111
17 March 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Appointment of Godfrey Weitzel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]
Also signed by Edwin McMasters Stanton as Secretary of War, and by Edward Davis Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Townsend attests that this appointment is recorded in the Adjutant General's office. Serves as an official United States...
GLC01115
22 August 1879
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
[Douglass quotation on each citizen's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]
One note from Frederick Douglass dated August 22, 1879. Writes that the government owes every citizen equal opportunity to live and when it does not provide this service should be overthrown.
GLC01116
February 13, 1776
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Thomas Mumford, Groton
Docketed. Containing the comment that gunpowder "will be of the utmost service to the cause of Liberty & America." Free franked "On the service of the United Colonies" (probably not GW's hand), but not signed.
GLC01117
June 10, 1832
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
to S.L. Gouverneur
Vice President Calhoun wrote this letter after his falling out with President Andrew Jackson over Jackson's pursuit of the Seminole Indians into Florida during the first Seminole War. Discusses the Seminole Affair and questions a recently published...
GLC01118
June 15, 1841
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Thomas Aspinwall
Introduces George Bishop to Aspinwall, United States Consul to London. Recommends Bishop, claiming that he "has invented a mode of making cloth without spinning and weaving." Informs Aspinwall that while in London, Bishop will attempt to gain a...
GLC01123
July 21, 1801
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to David Lenox
One letter addressed to David Lenox from James Madison (serving as Secretary of State at the time) dated July 21, 1801. Pertains to two seamen detained in British ships of war. The seamen are identified as Nathaniel Heard and David, a Black man...
GLC01124
26 March 1862
[Commission of Orville Babcock as a First Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers]
Partially printed form from an engraving signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Note signed by Adjutant G. Thomas on top left corner indicating the commission was recorded on 27 March 1862 in "Volume 17...
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