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1867/10/07
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Instructing William Seward to affix the seal to a proclamation
Correcting a previous proclamation of 20 August 1866.
GLC07950.02
1811/06/21
Madison, James, 1751-1836
To: Elbridge Gerry.
Growing crisis between the U.S. and Great Britain-marked "private."
GLC07951
1810/01/14
Ellery, William, 1727-1820
To: William Stedman.
Ellery feels that there should be no war with Great Britain.
GLC07922
1862/06-1863/05
Johnson, E. Emory, fl. 1862-1863
Journal of caseworker and surgeon's assistant with Sanitary Commission
Detailing medical care of Civil War patients. Notebook is housed with diary key.
GLC07923
1864/02/23
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
To: Anson Burlingame.
Authorizing Anson Burlingame to negotiate with Chinese to modify treaty article.
GLC07924
1871 ca.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
"We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism..."
Quotation in full: "We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism to forget the merits of this fearful conflict and to remember with equal admiration those who struck at the nation's life and those who struck to save it--those who fought for...
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1851/11/06
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
To: James M.H. Beale.
Forney, a pro-slavery candidate, was "in favor of the maintenance and faithful execution of the fugitive slave laws...and of the suppression of all further agitation of the slavery question."
GLC07927
1776/11/15
Phillips, William, 1731-1781
To: John Schank.
Phillips' reaction to a truce at Fort Ticonderoga
GLC07928
1815/02/13
Treaty of Ghent
Announcing the Treaty of Ghent. This broadside contains the news from both New York and London that peace between the United States and Great Britain had been signed..
GLC07929
1801/05/15
Ellery, Elmund, fl. 1801
Rhode Island issued warrant for seizure of the Schooner "Orange"
Schooner seized for trafficking slaves.
GLC07930
1833/08/28
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Tilghman Ashurst Howard
Constitution, slavery, banking, methods of electing the President: "If I can...only succeed in banishing...corrupting influences...on the Constitution and [attempts] to make the government an engine of oppression to the people instead of the agent...
GLC07931
1843/05/08
Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
To: John McDonogh.
Discusses "the rights of master and the interests of the slave" in reference to the idea of African colonization.
GLC07932
1776/05/27
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
To: Col. Dayton.
Schuyler, in response to Caldwell's suggestion that Highlanders who didn't flee be allowed to stay on their land, says that this can only be done with restrictions, since the Highlanders trust Americans as much as "papists trust Protestants."
GLC07933
1861/04/08
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
To: George W. Hughes.
Hoping that "Maryland again will make us confreres" by joining the Confederacy.
GLC07935
1794/12/26
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
The hiring of four slaves
"Having occasion to hire for the ensuing year four very able intelligent negro-men, I hereby authorize Mr. Peter Derieux to act for me therein, and oblige myself to pay whatever hire he may stipulate for me..."
GLC07936
1793-1796 ca.
Burnham, John, 1758-1837
Algiers archive relating to the capture of John Burnham [Decimalized .01- .9]
Includes 19-page narrative of capture details, 2 letters to Edmund Randolph pleading for help, etc. Burnham was captain of the ship "Hope." Collection includes lists of goods and monies owed to various parties in the Mediteranean and also...
GLC07937
1828/01/18
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
To: J[ames] Heaton, Esq.
William Henry Harrison's desire for the Vice Presidential nomination in the upcoming election.
GLC07941
1869/12/30
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
To: Unknown recipient.
Her health, President Grant.
GLC07944
1783
Treaty of Paris.
Second edition. A collection of the diplomatic papers between France and the United States.
GLC07945
1785/02/24
Adams, John, 1735-1826
To: King George III.
Establishing diplomatic ties with England. Letter of credentials. A true copy in Adams' hand, with clerical copies of Adams' appointment and William Smith's appointment.
GLC07946
1814/11/18
To: Charles F. Adams.
"You have reason to exult, that you are a 'freeborn American' and I wish you may never be ashamed to boast of it. In all cases remember, that birth, without wisdom, is reproach and disgrace."
GLC07947
1777/03
Lyndon, Josias, fl. 1777
Declaration of Independence.
Early official printing for Rhode Island, with signers' names.
GLC07948
1799/05/29
To: George Wythe.
Letter of thanks.
GLC07949
1862/06
United States. Congress.
An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories
GLC07864
1776/08/13
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to unknown
Washington writes from Headquarters, New York, to an unidentified correspondent, verifiying receipt of a letter and promising to forward it "by the first opportunity." Washington signs as "Your most Obed.[ient and] H.[um]ble Servant." The letter...
GLC07867
1836/04/04
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Solomon Lincoln Esq.
Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits...
GLC07868
1801/11/01
to Edward Livingston, Esq.
Discussing his opinions on the Sedition act. In part: "...My text of explanation would be this. The President is to heave the laws executed. He may order an offense then to be prosecuted. If he sees a prosecution put into a train which is not...
GLC07869
1862/06/05
Pardon of Thomas E. Kirkley, convicted of subornation of perjury
GLC07871
1865/02/07
to Major Thomas T. Eckert
Written on War Department, Washington City stationery, President Lincoln requests Major Thomas T. Eckert supply specific reports regarding the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. In part: "Please furnish me copies of all dispatches sent by the...
GLC07872
1778/04/21
Washington, delays repaying a loan until the economy is more stable.
GLC07878
1796/07/15
to John Marshall
Regarding the position of Surveyor General & problems in filling the post. In part: "...A gentleman well qualified to discharge the duties of this office was approached, but he has declined to accept it." Washington goes on to discuss the...
GLC07879
1780/11/29
to the Officer commanding the New Jersey Brigade
Detailed advise about military strategy. In part: "You are, in case you should receive just information as you can rely on of the enemy's moving up the North River in force, to march immediately with the troops under your command to West Point -...
GLC07881
1801/01/05
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
to Jonathan Drayton
Regarding the election of 1800 and seeking to settle a sum of money owed. "...I am extremely apprehensive of the consequences of the equality of Votes for a President - I do most sincerely hope the Federalists will act upon principle and observe a...
GLC07861
1794/03/26
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Thomas Mifflin re: embargo on ships traveling to foreign ports
GLC07862
[1860/05/14-18]
Keyes, John S., fl. 1860
Daily journal of Massachusetts delegation to Republican National Convention
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1860/05/16
Vorhees, N.W., fl. 1860
[Resolution of New Jersey Delegation]
One manuscript page (in the hand of N. W. Voorhees, Secretary) in which the New Jersey Delegation responds to the Massachusetts Delegation's communication with a resolution of their own, instructing and informing the Delegates from Massachusetts that...
GLC07863.02
1860/05/21
[Draft of a resolution of thanks]
A communication from the Headquarters of the Massachusetts Delegation to the Republican Convention, Chicago (from the Secretary of that Delegation) thanking Governor Randall of Wisconsin "for the kind and liberal invitation to us to an execution over...
GLC07863.03
1769-1792
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792
9 letters to William Petty, first Marquis of Lansdown, 1 to William Jones [Decimalized .01- .11]
GLC07865
1787/08/13
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814
to Hon. [?] Warren re: newly proposed Constitution
GLC07870
1829/04/14
to B[enjamin] Romaine, Esq.
Expressing his views on impending Constitutional reforms. In part: "On the subject that of Constitutional Reforms....it will be well for the States who are latest in performing the task, not to lose sight of the advantage which that circumstance...
GLC07873
1790/02/19
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
to Mr. Fitssimons
Regarding funding act of 1790 (supported by Mr. Fitssimons, opposed by Rush). Speaking of "future acts of injustice," Rush remarks that: "Your funding System is to be one of them, and however much it may be gilded by the splendid and imposing names...
GLC07874
1829/05/18
Mitchell, Samuel L., fl. 1829
to Benjamin Romaine, Esq.
Regarding friction in the early 19th century America and the rise of various secession movements. In part: "That a few mad or unfortunate persons of the old federal party might have thought of dissolving the confederacy, is despicable enough; but I...
GLC07875
1860/10/30
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
to [John B. Floyd]
Comments on an untitled essay he wrote which dealt with the topics of succession and the tensions between the Northern and Southern states. In part: "Gen. Scott is all solicitude for the safety of the Union. He is, however, not without hope that...
GLC07876.01
1860/10/29
Views suggested by the imminent danger of a disruption of the Union by...
GLC07876.02
1787/09/28
Resolution of Congress forwarding Constitution to the states for ratification
GLC07877
1788
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
An Essay on the Learning of Devises...
GLC07880
11 July 1804
Church, Angelica, 1756-1814
to Philip Schuyler
Writes from Greenwich Village, New York about the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. "I have the painful task to inform you that General Hamilton was this morning wouned [sic] by that Wretch Burr but we have every reason to hope that he...
GLC07882
1777-1778
Austin, Jonathan Loring, 1748-1826
Journal kept while serving in France as secret intermediary for Franklin
GLC07883
1862/04/04
Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade
GLC07751
1882/08/20
to Sarah Pillsbury re: death of his wife Anna Douglass
Douglass writes "Thanks for your kind letter. Mrs Douglass was all you say of her and more. She was the post in the centre of my house. Different we were in many things. She was conservative and I radical, she was for the old I for the new, She did...
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