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August 1787
Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822
Resolved... Territory of the States is too extensive to Consist of one Republic
Recommends dividing the states into three allied republics.
GLC00819.23
[Notes on debate]: Whether the States Vote Equally or not....
Half sheet of paper. Not dated in Hutson. Debate concerning the equality of votes of the states and the danger to small states posed by large ones.
GLC00819.24
In all Cases of Capture from an Enemy...
Folded small folio. Fragments concerning trade and limitations on the judiciary's office, with an unfinished resolve. (J. Whatman countermark in paper)
GLC00819.25
circa September 1787
Committee report on trade and manufacture
Probably unrelated to the Convention and accidentally inserted by Butler into these papers. Consists of a report requested by Jefferson as U.S. Minister to France, while in Paris, and prepared for the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. The report...
GLC00819.26
02 May 1780
United States. Continental Congress.
Instructions to captains and commanders of private armed vessels...
Evans 17021. Printed broadside authorizing privateering. With Thompson's name printed at end
GLC00820
1861
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Inaugural address of President Davis: delivered at the capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, P.M.
Printed by Shorter & Reid. First Printing. Accompanied by a short description (with price) form 1925.
GLC00822
22 January 1863
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
[Confederate circular regarding discipline issued after the Battle of Stones River]
Docket (in pencil) indicates that this was Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's copy. Issued from the headquarters of the cavalry by E. S. Burford, Assistant Adjutant General, based on Wheeler's orders. Deplores the discipline of regimental...
GLC00823
1864-1865
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Field orders of General James Longstreet [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00824
General Orders Confederate 1st corps Lt. Genl Jas. Longstreet
James Longstreet's general orders to the I Corps. Most of the orders are written and signed for by either Gilbert Moxley Sorrel or Osmun Latrobe. Both signed as Assistant Adjutant General. There are also twenty six printed orders interleaved, as...
GLC00824.02
August 7, 1861
Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884
to Thomas Overton Moore
Walker, Confederate Secretary of War, discusses the Civil War with Moore, Governor of Louisiana. States "The War existing between this Government and that at Washington will, probably, be prolonged during the coming winter, and, in view of the rigor...
GLC00831
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