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4 January 1876

Peyster, John Watts de, 1821-1907

Nashville. The decisive battle of the rebellion

Address delivered before the annual meeting of the New-York Historical Society by Major General dePeyster. Part of a paragraph on page 4 is crossed out, but still legible. Also a sentence on page 6 is crossed out, but still legible. Gives an...

GLC00267.290

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Header Record

1842-1843

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Thomas Dorr papers, relating to Dorr's rebellion [decimalized]

GLC05757

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Letter signed

24 February 1777

Desprez, Henrique, fl. 1777

Account of slave rebellion in New Orleans [in Spanish]

Account of a slave rebellion while New Orleans was under Spanish rule. States that the rebellion occurred on 9 and 10 February 1777. Discusses what should be done to prevent future rebellions. States that drinking causes enslaved people to commit...

GLC03040

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Manuscript document

1694/12/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

to Gov. Fletcher re: testimony regarding Leisler's Rebellion

Deposition of both Livingston and Abraham de Peyster discussing barrels of powder discovered when Jacob Leisler surrendered. The aforesaid barrels of powder were removed from the "Public Magazine," and were the property of several merchants...

GLC03107.00270

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Document signed

1865/07/25

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pardon of Charles Friend for rebellion (c/s Seward)

GLC02837

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Document signed

10 September 1865

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

[Presidential pardon of John G. English for rebellion].

Signed by Andrew Johnson as President. Countersigned by William H. Seward as Secretary of State. English's plantation was in Aberdeen, Mississippi. White seal on second page. Document was originally folded into sixths.

GLC05460

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Broadside

1787/02/16

Act to punish rebels and their supporters in Shays's Rebellion

Oblong broadside. "An act, describing the disqualifications to which persons shall be subjected, who have been, or may be guilty of treason, or giving aid or support to the present rebellion, and to whom pardon may be extended." Signed in type by...

GLC06980

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Autograph document signed

1842

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

[Thomas Dorr's response to Whig accusations during the Dorr Rebellion]

Written in the third person and signed "Gov. Dorr" at the top of the page. Responds to accusations in Whig newspapers that he is "one of the most pusillanimous cowards in existence" and is "about to descend upon Rhode Island with a military force."...

GLC05757.07