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October 2, 1835
Austin, Stephen Fuller, 1793-1836
to Commander of Volunteers
Addressed to the Commander in Chief of Volunteers or to the Committee at Gonzales.
GLC01174
1841-1862
[Printed bills of sale of people enslaved by the Jones Family of Virginia][Decimalized .01-.05]
Collection of materials related to the Jones Family of Virginia dated 1841-1862. Consists of five documents related to the Jones family enslaving people in Virginia. With manuscript notes, signed by different people. Related to GLC01449.01.
GLC01445
circa 1833-1865
Jones Family
Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia [Decimalized .01- .18]
Collection includes receipts, contracts, newspaper clippings, and accounting documentation for the Jones family of Virginia. Also includes two booklet editions of the Consitution and By-laws of the Hanover Dragoons, and a hiring contract for free...
GLC01447
22 May 1849
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Patent for Abraham Lincoln's improvement in buoying vessels over shoals]
Patent granted to Lincoln for inventing "a new and improved manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be readily lessened to enable them to pass over...
GLC01304
1860 ca.
Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861
The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.
Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.
GLC01262
1856-1869
Civil War Loyalty Societies, fl. 1856-1869
Civil war loyalty pamphlets [41] (Bulk, 1861-1869)
Disbound pamphlets including Loyal Publ. Society Tracts nos. 7, 27, 29, 34, 36, 37 and 40, arguments of E. Pierrepont at Surratt's trial (1867), etc.
GLC01265
1860
Follett, Foster and Company, fl. 1860
Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas
One book entitled, "Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas" dated 1860. Item is a printing of the speeches between Abraham Lincoln and Stepehen Douglas from June 1858 to October 1858. Speech topics covered...
GLC01301
28 April 1832
Special order No. 7: Brigade muskets during Black Hawk War
Lincoln's signature "A. Lincoln, Capt." on verso of receipt.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincon. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I p. 9-10.
GLC01302
1832/05/06
Redding, Ebenezer H., fl. 1829-1832
[Receipt for $1.00 from Corn. Williams]
Redding attests to his receipt of payment from Corn. Williams. The docket identifies it as a "Bill on Estate," although it was not indicated what the payment was for. Redding was possibly Ebenezer Redding of Washington County, Maine, who lived...
GLC01450.724.04
17 February 1845
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
[Authority to affix the seal to the pardon of Peyton R. Sides].
GLC01458
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