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11 March 1768
Bartram, Moses, fl. 1768
Observations on the native silk worms of North America
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (offprint). Pamphlet untrimmed and tied with rope.
GLC00496.411
22 June 1769
Washington, George, 1732-1799
[Land bond to increase acreage at Mount Vernon]
Cosigned by Robert Alexander. Washington refers to himself in the third person seven times. Alexander wants to sell 300 acres of Maryland land his wife inherited from her father to George Washington. Washington hoped to exchange the plot with Thomas...
GLC00479
January 13, 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Edward Bates
Request to Attorney General Edward Bates for him to have made and sent to him a pardon for Benjamin C. Robertson of Dickson County, Tennessee.
GLC00482
08 August 1873
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Greene B. Horne].
GLC00484
15 January 1873
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Joel Hughes].
GLC00485
30 September 1873
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardons of John Register, William Ricks and William Horn].
GLC00486
25 July 1780
Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
[Orders for John Moore, Wagon Master of Pennsylvania
Signed as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Explains that the arrival of the French fleet has induced General George Washington and the Continental Congress to "call for a number of Teams and Horses." Seeks wagons and...
GLC00490
circa June 1863
Donopley, D.W., fl. 1863
Men of the Keystone State, rally for its defence!
Recruitment broadside in Pennsylvania published during Lee's invasion of the North in 1863, seemingly before the Battle of Gettysburg. Created by Captain D.W. Donopley of Company L of the First Regiment of the Washington Guard under Colonel William...
GLC00492
March 25, 1793
to Gouverneur Morris
Discusses his non-involvement in foreign affairs. The death that called Washington to Mount Vernon was that of his nephew, George Augustus Washington, who died of tuberculosis.
GLC00494
March 12, 1823
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Stephen R. Bradley
Explains his 1804 opposition to a bill supported by General Samuel Smith that would further protect U.S. sailors from British impressment. Refutes Smith's suggestion that Adams' position justifies British impressment. Argues that the legislation...
GLC00496.003
March 9, 1820
to William C. Bradley
Written as Secretary of State. re: not complying with request, Treaty of Ghent
GLC00496.004
February 23, 1807
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814
to George Clinton
Written by Allen the Vermont adventurer and land speculator, who had lost his fortune by the time this letter was written. Allen was the brother to Ethan Allen. Written to Vice President Clinton at the Senate's request. Describes Vermont's role in...
GLC00496.005
1780
Campbell, William, 1745-1781
The expedition to and battle on Kings Mountain
An account of Battle of Kings Mountain, which took place in South Carolina on 7 October 1780, by Colonel Campbell (two months after the battle he was made brigadier general of militia). Describes the political and administrative background leading...
GLC00496.011
13 July 1889
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
[Sepia cabinet portrait of William T. Sherman]
Contemporary portrait of Sherman, published in 1888. Seated, upper torso, arms folded. Dated "1889" and signed by Sherman in pencil on front with his inscription on verso to General Frederick Tracy Dent in Denver on 13 July 1889. Dent was Grant's...
GLC00478
1861
Whiting, William H., 1824-1865
Army regulations, adopted for the use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late acts of congress
Signed "Wm H C Whiting" on title page with note "Brig Genl C.S.A." Also a autograph note signed "Jas H Hill" by James Hill, Whiting's staff officer and Assistant Adjutant General. Published by West & Johnston. This book of regulations revised from...
GLC00480
1 September 1776
Morton, John, 1724-1777
[Appointment of James Waugh]
Appoints James Waugh Lieutenant of a Company of foot in the first Battalion of Associates in the County of Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Note on left margin reads, "Exchanged 1 Septr: 1776. T.M." T.M. are the initials of Timothy Matlack, the clerk to...
GLC00481
1864
The Platforms.
Prints the statements of the Republican and Democratic presidential campaign platforms. Under the headings Baltimore [Republican] and Chicago [Democrat], compares the two platforms in the election between Abraham Lincoln-Andrew Johnson and George B...
GLC00483
circa 1737
[Penn, et al. v. Calvert, et al.]
An interrogatory with eleven questions for a case before the Court of Chancery of Great Britain involving a dispute between the Penn family and the proprietors of Maryland about the border. Although unsigned, this document perhaps was prepared by...
GLC00487
8 November 1780
Pettit, Charles, 1736-1806
[Estimate of the profits of the office of the Commissary General of Forage]
Pettit, acting as Assistant Quarter Master General, responds to the request of Colonel Clement Biddle, former Commissioner General of Forage, for the profits of his office since 2 March 1778, when General Nathanael Greene became Quarter Master...
GLC00488
March 1, 1788
Telfair, Edward, 1735-1807
to Joseph Clay
Business letter that mentions procuring rice, the loss of a crop of "pink root," a lawsuit, and getting some Tenerife wine. This is an uncommon autograph.
GLC00489
Currier & Ives
Grand banner of the radical democracy, for 1864.
1864 presidential election print for General John C. Fremont and General John Cochrane as third party candidates. Fremont was nominated by the radical Republicans. Bust portraits of both candidate circled by wreaths. Background adorned with...
GLC00491
1880-1890 circa
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Confederate war etchings [Decimalized .01-.29]
This portfolio is a reprint of the original 1863 publication. The twenty-nine etchings by Volck were originally published under the name "V. Blada." Made during the Civil War, the etchings show sympathy for the Confederate cause, and distaste for...
GLC00493
February 4, 1862
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
to Jefferson Davis
Writing to the Confederate President, Confederate Secretary of War Benjamin notes that there is much molasses available in Louisiana and suggests that molasses would be welcomed by the troops to improve their deficient coffee.
GLC00495
circa 1500-1930
[Collection of Americana from Revolution & Civil War] Decimalized
[decimalized]
GLC00496
November 21, 1811
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Benjamin Rush
Depression, Iroquois warrior, death.
GLC00496.001
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