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17 November 1859
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[$10.00 Check to Mary Todd Lincoln]
Check signed by Lincoln payable to "wife." Printed in blue ink, drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company. Printed by Richards & Smith.
GLC03875
22 July 1860
to George C. Latham re: encouraging Robert's friend to reapply to Harvard
Lincoln writes to his son's friend, who had been rejected by Harvard. He writes a letter of encouragement: "It is a certain truth, that you can enter, and graduate in, Harvard University; and having made the attempt, you must succeed in it. 'Must'...
GLC03876
June 1844 - October 1846
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864
Collection of five letters of Roger B. Taney [Decimalized]
GLC03883
29 June 1854
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
to Thomas L. Kane
Young writes to Colonel Kane, an abolitionist and friend. Praises his acquaintance with Kane, and Kane's knowledge of the Mormon people. Thanks Kane for his assistance in a legal case, the "May case," noting "...it is no remedy at all, to put a man...
GLC03888
1827/05/19
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Ezra Stiles Ely
Jackson explains that while he and his wife have been attacked viciously during this campaign, it has only made him more resilient. "All the slander that wickedness can suggest & falsehood invent, have been leveled against me, & my family, by the...
GLC03896
26 January 1825
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
to James Monroe
Writes that he will be placing his monetary gift from Congress into the Bank of the United States.
GLC03899
1826/09/05
to Richard K. Call
Attempts to reconcile a quarrel between General Call and Colonel Joseph M. White before it becomes violent. Two black and white full length seated engravings of Andrew Jackson included.
GLC03926
1825 circa
Johnson, Fry, & Co., fl. 1825-1873
[Engraving of William Henry Harrison]
Engraving of Harrison, seated, with top hat and coat. Printed by Johnson Fry and Co., Publishers, New York. After an original painting by Chappel. Originally in the sentiment book of Mary S. Harrison, GLC07732.02.
GLC07732.06
1832-1870s
Indian Treaties
Collection of 84 printed treaties between the U.S. & Indian Nations [Decimalized .01- .83]
Official Treaties signed in type by presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant. Pamphlets. Copies of titlepages on-file.
GLC04099
1844/01/21
Jones, Anson, 1798-1858
to N. P. Norton re: Republic of Texas politics, veto of bill to move capitol
The bill would have moved the capitol from Washington-on-Brazos to Austin. Jones also asks Norton if the wife of his slave William can be sold to him.
GLC04106
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