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2 June 1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Pass for John Ford
Signed by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. Pass for John Ford to visit the stage and private boxes in Ford's Theatre.
GLC02011
circa 13 February 1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to George Washington Custis Lee
Autograph endorsement signed in pencil "J.D.", on address leaf of a letter from Weldon N. Edwards to Jefferson Davis dated 13 February 1862 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Edwards, writing as president of the North Carolina Secession Convention, sends...
GLC02017
29 November 1861
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
to James Tyler Ames
Field writes to Ames in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Writes, "As a personal favor to me will you consent to manufacture in the very best manner of the very best materials one repeating gun, similar to the one you saw exhibited to the President in...
GLC02019
1819/09/26
Austin, Moses, fl. 1802-1819
Deed to plot of land sold to Robert Bruffy (cos. Mary Austin)
Notarized by Sam Woodson, clerk. Conveying deed to Robert Bruffy. Early land document for Missouri settlement.
GLC02022
23 December 1847
Blair & Rives
Congressional Globe [New Series...No. 4]
Lincoln's Spot Amendment Speech on page 64 condemns the pretexts for starting the war with Mexico. Requests proof from President Polk that American blood was shed on American soil and that the enemy provoked the Americans, and asks if those Americans...
GLC02025
7 March 1862
Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889
to Isabella M. Hill
Relates accounts of his long a hard marches. Says General Thomas Jackson's "situation is very, very, very critical," as he is being pressed by the Union army, and hopes he is "fortunate in extricating himself." While McClellan and the bulk of the...
GLC01977
September 9, 1842
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Elections in Sangamon County, Illinois, for State Representatives...
Said to have been presented to his fiance Mary Todd, listing election results for 1832, 1834 and 1836. Lincoln has signed his name three times, once for each time he ran. Attested by clerk Noah W. Matheny, pages 2-3, with seal on p. 3. See...
GLC01978
1861/04/29
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863
to John Letcher re: building railroad between Strasburg & Wincester
Jackson recommends building the railroad for military purposes.
GLC01979
1775/04/10; 1776/01/01; 1786/05
[Three pieces of currency from the colonial and early republic periods. Decimalized].
GLC01980.05
1927
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Gold liberty coin
Coin ca. 32 mm diameter. Collateral to FDR gold order
GLC01983.03
1793/03/02
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[An act appropriating funds to purchase two lots for building the Mint].
Signed as Secretary of State.
GLC01984
21 April 1792
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 12 (April 21, 1792)]
Discusses the recent actions of Congress relating to the establishment of the United States Mint. Describes the actions as: "An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States."
GLC01984.02
1801 ca.
[Jefferson Indian Peace medal]
Based on Houdon's bust of Jefferson. Copies of this medal were given by Lewis and Clark to Indians they met on their expedition. See Alfred L. Bush, Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson, p. 13; Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., The Image of Thomas Jefferson in...
GLC01984.03
3 October 1830
Findlay, William, fl. 1830
[Clerical copy of the surety bond for William Findlay as Treasurer of the United States Mint]
Signed clerically by Findlay, Robert Smith, and Francis R. Shunk. The Mint Act of 1792 required employees of the Mint to furnish sureties. Findlay was the fifth Treasurer of the United States Mint, and served in that office from 1827 until 1841.
GLC01987
13 November 1787
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Massachusetts state pardon for Scripture Frost for counterfeiting coin]
Frost was sentenced to stand in pillory for 1 hour and to 2 years hard labor. Conditionally pardoned excepting that Frost pay a 25 Pound ($40) fine. Signed and sealed by John Hancock as governor. Written by Secretary to the Governor John Avery, Jr....
GLC01988
1860
Clark & Company, fl. 1860
Liberty $5 coin: Pike's Peak gold. Denver. Five D. [by Clark & Co.]
Gold coin, collateral to Lincoln letter ending private coinage, GLC 1989. This coin comes from the last series minted privately at Denver by [Gruber] Clark & Co.
GLC01989.02
1833/01/24
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
to William Appleton re: instructions on bank funds as Jackson dismantles bank
Written as president of the Bank of the United States to Appleton, President of the Office of Discount and Deposit, Boston. Biddle explains that "the loans in the remoter offices, particularly in the South and West, are gradually diminishing, and the...
GLC01994.02
15 January 1909
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to Ernest R. Ackerman
President-elect Taft agrees with New York Congressman Ackerman that Lincoln's face ought to be put on coins and stamps, but he cannot aid this process until after his inauguration. Written on personal stationery from Augusta, Georgia.
GLC01995
1792-1793 ca.
Collateral to US Mint: Rittenhouse medal, one-cent & half-cent coins with prints
Collateral items: print of Jefferson; a photo, "Ye Old Mint;" a print titled "The Coin Room;" a commemorative medal with the words "David Rittenhouse 1st Director U.S. Mint;" a one cent coin with a flowing hair liberty on the front and chain link on...
GLC01997.02
14 January 1793
An act to amend ... "An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States," so far as respects the coinage of copper.
Title begins: "Second Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the fifth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two." Signed as Secretary...
GLC01998
8 May 1792
[An act to provide for a copper coinage]
Title reads: "Second Congress of the United States: At the first session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. An act to provide for a copper coinage."...
GLC01999
3 March 1791
. . . A mint shall be established under such regulations as shall be directed by law.
Title begins: "Congress of the United States: At the third session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United...
GLC02000
1861
Bachmann, John, fl. 1849-1885
Panorama of the Seat of War. Birds Eye View Of North And South Carolina And Part Of Georgia.
One of Bachman's six lithographic views of the Confederate States in the series: "Panorama of the Seat of War." Shows the Atlantic coast from Albemarle Sound south to Savannah and inland to the Blue Ridge Mountains. All the major towns of the...
GLC02003
1886
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870
Bird's Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen at Salisbury, N.C.
Printed by J. B. Bufford & Sons, copyright by C.A. Kraus. Panoramic view compiled from a sketch made on the site in 1864, probably after its occupation by federal forces. The lithograph shows the prison camp set up on the grounds of a large "cotton...
GLC02004
1 November 1776
Hawkes, W., fl. 1776
The Country twenty-five miles round New York
Irregular shaped paper. Engraving with letterpress chronological table of events from 1773-Oct. 1776, engraved by J. Barber and printed by W. Hawkes. Irregularly shaped. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 110, who notes that a later...
GLC02005
1776
Ratzer, Bernard, 1700-?
Plan of the City of New York in North America
Engraved by Jeffrey and Fagan. Oversize engraving showing lower Manhattan Island, part of Brooklyn and Hoboken, N.J. A cartouche extending across the bottom has a panoramic "South West View of the City of New York." Based upon the survey of 1766...
GLC02006
1811
Bridges, William, fl. 1811
Map of the City of New-York and Island of Manhattan; with explanatory remarks and references
Inscription reads "Presented by the Common Council of the City of New York to Hon. Governeur Morris." The book contains the report of the Commissioners with reasons for various decisions. Collateral book to Commissioner's Map of New York (GLC02007...
GLC02007.02
1829
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
President's message
An Extra of the Hartford Times, reporting from telegraph the text of Jackson's first State of the Union. The address discusses what will be many of the major issues during his Presidency. Discusses removal of Native Americans, questions the...
GLC02009
21 May 1863
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864
to Joseph Wheeler
General Morgan writes to Wheeler, Commander of Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee. Reports that Lieutenant [Cull?], sent to obtain wagons from McMinnville, Tennessee, has returned empty handed. Requests Wheeler's assistance in acquiring wagons....
GLC02012
20 November 1863
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Possibly written in Tennessee. Marked "Confidential." Longstreet, commander of the Department of East Tennessee, writes to Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee. Orders Wheeler to send half of General John Austin Wharton's force to...
GLC02013
23 August 1865
Hatch, Edward, 1832-1889
[General orders no. 4, transmitted to Captain Hervey A. Colvin, Assistant Adjutant General]
Hatch, Brevet Major General of United States Volunteers, writes on Headquarters, District of Talledega stationery. Reports, "Orders have this day been received directing me to report to another department for duty which compels me to part with the...
GLC02014
1862/12/10
Van Cleve, Horatio P., 1809-1891
to Joseph Wheeler re: flag of truce for captured Union soldiers, surgeons
Clerical docket on verso.
GLC02015
1860-1866
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry [Decimalized .001-.182]
The collection mostly consists of correspondence from Painter to his aunt and sisters. His letters contain descriptions of camp life, his feelings towards slavery, and anti-Yankee sentiment in Virginia shortly after the war. More specifically he...
GLC02016
1847/12/05
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
to Adam Beatty
Discusses whether or not he will run for president again, remarking that he has "not made up my mind whether I would accept or decline a nomination." Also comments on his recent speech in Lexington, Kentucky, in which he presented some unspecified...
GLC02018
26 September 1862
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Special order No -
Unnumbered special order commanding Colonel William Hillyer to Memphis to meet with General William T. Sherman on "special business" and return quickly. Statement of payment scrawled horizontally on the recto.
GLC02020
10 December 1786
Stephen, Adam, 1718-1791
to Horatio Gates
Describes his visions of lava flows, overflowing oceans and ghosts (sounds almost Blakean). Mentions places all over the globe and gives strange account of manufacturing snowshoes from a pattern from Greece. Stephen as Major General in the Revolution...
GLC02021
10 October 1778
Gaylord, Moses, Mrs., fl. 1778
Mrs. Moses Gaylord
Connecticut Revolutionary War soldier's letter to his wife in West Hartford. Mentions that there is not much news. Says a flag of truce was flown after a packet of materials came in from Congress. Suspects that it involves the exchange of 500 French...
GLC02023
22 October 1862
Parsons, Mosby Monroe, 1822-1865
to Alexander E. Steen
General Parsons writes to General Alexander E. Steen: "I am desirous of meeting you and Col. Shaver at my room this evening... " (possibly referring to Colonel Robert G. Shaver).
GLC02026
13 June 1865
[Endorsement authorizing U.S. Navy to store munitions at Fort Mifflin]
Document signed by Commodore Henry K. Hoff as Inspector of Ordnance. Written to Commander Henry Alexander Wise as the Chief of Bureau of Ordnance. Marked "No. 272" Says there is enough room for 500 barrels of powder in the magazine at Fort Mifflin....
GLC02027
1836/04/13
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Col. Geo. Bomford re: $50,000 being set aside for building (gun?) carriages
Written on stationery of the War Department's Engineer Dept.
GLC01943
20 January 1803
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to the Marquis of Casa Yrujo
Madison, Secretary of State, encloses a copy of a letter (not included) addressed to President Jefferson by Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans trader and planter who supplied the United States with military materials obtained from the Spanish during the...
GLC01948
23 August 1872
[Presidential authority to the Secretaty of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Amos Owens, William Teal, David Collins and William Scruggs].
GLC01949
21 November 1866
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, 1831-1910
to Edward Ortho Cresap Ord
Serving as senior aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, Comstock authorizes General Ord to move soldiers from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Referring to reconstruction policies, informs Ord that "It is impossible for the General...
GLC01951
10 December 1862
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863
to James Wilson Grimes
Written by Rear Admiral Foote from the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting to Senator James Grimes of Iowa (Grimes served in the U.S. Senate 1859-1869). Grimes was a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs when this letter was written. References a...
GLC01952
17 November 1870
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Thomas B. Pugh
Douglass refuses to speak at the Philadelphia Academy of Music because of its discriminatory policies towards African Americans. The letter escalates into a barrage of criticism against the Academy and Philadelphia the "City of Brotherly Love", which...
GLC01954
[An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States].
Countersigned in type by Speaker of the House Jonathan Trumbull, President pro tempore of the Senate Richard Henry Lee, and President Washington. The act requires the enrollment in the militia of all able-bodied white men between the ages of...
GLC01959
1808/02/17
to Jean Guillaume Neuville re: whether foreigners can own land in the U.S.
Written as President to Baron Hyde de Neuville. Jefferson ventures an opinion but refers the question to lawyers, particularly in the several states.
GLC01960
1774/01/25
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Bill for surveying and patenting land grant French & Indian War
Document signed for claim against James Ludlow with another Washington document, cosigned by William Crawford 2/25/1774, assigning the debt to Crawford.
GLC01963
27 October 1789
To the Members of the Society of Cincinnati... [speech as president]
One manuscript speech dated 1789, signed by Washington and addressed to those members of the Society in Massachusetts.
GLC01972
1 May 1865
Order for a military commission
Written on War Dept. stationery, with "War Department" struck and substituting "Executive Chamber." Title taken from docket. A draft for the orders by which the Booth conspirators were given military trial. Written as Secretary of War.
GLC01975
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