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April 4, 1834
Crockett, David "Davy", 1786-1836
to John Drurey
Attacks Jackson concerning the Bank of the US and compares him to Julius Caesar. the "despot" Jackson and "little Judas" Van Buren.
GLC00931
February 18, 1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Beverley Randolph
Secretary of State Jefferson writes to Randolph, a former Virginia Governor and a commissioner to the Indians of the northwest frontier, to request (with the blessing of President George Washington) that he represent the South at an "assembly of...
GLC00936
03 May 1834
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
[Presidential appointment of James Dunlop, William O'Neale, and Thomas Carbery as inspectors of the District of Columbia penitentiary]
Countersigned by Secretary of State Louis McLane. With two engraved portraits of Andrew Jackson. One bust engraving of Jackson included as collateral.
GLC00937
November 24, 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to William H. Seward
On Executive Mansion stationery, re: news of siege of Knoxville. Four days after address at Gettysburg. Basler, 7:30, from copy in Robert Todd Lincoln papers.
GLC00940
03 January 1899
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
[Presidential pardon of Bay-bah-Maush who had been convicted of resisting arrest in October 1898 and sentenced to 8 months in Otter Tail County Jail]
Bay-bah-Maush, an Indian, was pardoned by McKinley. No reason for pardon mentioned. Countersigned by Attorney General John W. Griggs.
GLC00943
December 16, 1782
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to William Stephens Smith
In hand of aide-de-camp Benjamin Walker. Written to Smith, the Commissary of Prisoners to the Army. References Smith's letter of 12 December 1782. Thanks him for intelligence it contains. Disagrees with Smith's assessment on Dobbs Ferry. Says it can...
GLC00949
July 26, 1924
Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936
to Lester D. Gardner
Signed as Brigadier General, Air Service, Assistant Chief of Air Service. Advises that he will come to New York as soon as possible but that he has to have his tonsils out. Remarks that the Air Force "has almost ceased to exist ... " Believes that...
GLC00950
23 November 1864
[Endorsement on a letter by Governor Pierpont]
Lincoln endorsement on the address leaf of a letter to Lincoln, from Francis H. Pierpont dated 23 November 1864. In the letter, Pierpont states he would be relieved if Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant had a meeting. Lincoln replies, "My time is...
GLC00951
06 May 1875
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of C.A. Hayne].
GLC00956
April 20, 1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[Robert E. Lee and staff]
Photographed on Lee's back porch in Richmond, shortly after his surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. Depicts General Robert E. Lee with his son, Brigadier General George Washington Custis Lee, and Colonel Walter H. Taylor, Lee's aide-de-camp during the...
GLC00957
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