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9 June 1783
Washington, George (1732-1799)
Military discharge of John Brown, soldier in 2d NY Art. Reg. (c/s Trumbull)
Partially printed. The soldier is "John Brown [space] Matrass [?]." He served from 17 March 1781.
GLC04675.08
12 February 1829
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to Edward G. W. Butler
Written before his inauguration, Jackson declines an invitation which his "public duties will not now allow me to indulge." Instead he must find his relief in the "activity and importance of the situation to which the country has called me."...
GLC04675.11
1790/10/01
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
to the Quarter Master re: ordering forage for a public horse
Written on a quarter sheet of paper.
GLC04675.13
25 November 1848
Polk, James K. (1795-1849)
Certificate of Merit
This document is a certificate of merit for Private Balser Horn, it is signed by James K. Polk as President and countersigned by William L. Marcy as Secretary of War. Private Balser Horn performed with distinguished service during the Battle of Cerro...
GLC04675.15
1857/01/24
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
Authority to affix the seal to arrest warrant of seven men
Partially printed. The seven men were: Charles Carpentier (?), Louis Gilet, Eugene Gilet, Auguste Parot, and David, Edward and Felicite Dubid.
GLC04675.17
1864/01/14
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
"Let him take the oath of Dec. 8 & be discharged... ." [clipped from letter]
Written on blue-lined paper. Ink on note and signature is smudged.
GLC04675.19
29 March 1871
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to Allan McLane
Declining to take a trip to China and Japan. Written by a clerk in purple ink on Executive Mansion Stationery
GLC04675.20
1878/12/28
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
to A. J. Drexel re: declining invitation to attend "Saturday Club"
Written on Executive mansion stationery
GLC04675.21
1875/01/25
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
to Wallace J. Ford re: death of Ford's mother, suit in Supreme Court
Mentions that he gave his help and advice to "Price & Isaac" for the "defence of their suit in the Supreme Court." Ford's name is cross-written at the bottom left.
GLC04675.22
26 December 1884
Arthur, Chester A. (1829-1886)
[Military commission of Tredwell W. Moore]
This document is a record of the military commission of Tredwall W. Moore as Second Lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment of Infantry. Signed by Chester A. Arthur as President. Docketed by Adjutant General on recto and accompanied by a blue seal.
GLC04675.23
1892/05/21
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
to T. F. Barnes (?) re: instructing him where to obtain photographs
Writes that photographs are obtainable from C. M. Bell in Washington
GLC04675.24
1901/12/30
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Curtis Guild Jr. re: "Tavern Quatrain" and disappointment with Crane
Typed on White House Stationery.
GLC04675.27
3 August 1920
Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)
to Clarence Atwood Nado
Written on Senate stationery, thanking him for his message of congratulation -- apparently for being nominated to the presidency.
GLC04675.30
16 December 1919
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
to Hamilton Holt
Written on personal stationery. Hoover thanks Holt of The Independent for an invitation but regrets that he will be in California.
GLC04675.32
18 June 1916
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
to Jose E. Pidgeon
On Navy Dept. stationery, as Assistant Sec. of the Navy. FDR writes that he is unable to supply service records for Marine Harold E. Starrett (since he is on active duty) and suggests contacting his naval base in Haiti.
GLC04675.33
10 September 1973
Nixon, Richard M. (1913-1994)
to Sue Taurog
Nixon thanks Taurog, the wife of filmmaker Norman Taurog, for her friendship and support at a 23 August 1973 news conference. At that conference, Nixon announced the resignation of Secretary of State William Rogers and the nomination of Henry...
GLC04675.34
27 August 1972
Unknown
[Richard Nixon photograph inscribed to Norman Taurog]
An official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows Nixon shaking hands with someone (possibly Taurog) with Henry Kissinger in the background on the right. Date based on Nixon's inscription.
GLC04675.35.01
circa 1972
[Richard Nixon photograph inscribed to Sue Taurog]
Official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog, the wife of filmmaker Norman Taurog, and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows a portrait of Nixon from the chest up.
GLC04675.35.02
Official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows a portrait of Nixon sitting.
GLC04675.35.03
Official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows Richard and Pat Nixon in formal wear, walking arm in arm.
GLC04675.35.04
[Spiro Agnew photograph inscribed to Sue Taurog]
Inscribed to Taurog, the wife of filmmaker Norman Taurog, and signed by Agnew. Shows a portrait of Agnew from the chest up.
GLC04675.35.05
5 August 1980
Watson, Jack H. (1938- )
to Norman Taurog
Letter of transmittal indicating he is sending autographed photographs of President Jimmy Carter (see GLC04675.36.02). Written on White House stationary. Housed with photograph, GLC04675.36.02.
GLC04675.36.01
1980
[Jimmy Carter]
Photograph of President Carter, inscribed to Norman Taurog. Signed by Carter. Accompanied by GLC04675.36.01.
GLC04675.36.02
1963
Bachrach, Fabian (1917- )
[John F. Kennedy photograph with printed signature]
Portrait of Kennedy in a pinstripe suit, pictured from the chest up.
GLC04675.37
8 May 1922
to Martin B. Madden
Transmitting the report of the Director of the Budget for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1922, "prepared in response to...House Resolution 285," to an Illinois congressman. Discusses reductions in government costs and expenditures and concludes that...
GLC04678
6 August 1861
[Commission of James B. McPherson as Captain in the Corps of Engineers]
This document is a record of the commission of James B. McPherson, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and countersigned by Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. Also signed recorded in the Adjutant General's office 10 August 1861 by L. Thomas...
GLC04680
21 July 1823
Yates, Joseph Christopher (1768-1837)
to James Monroe
Letter from Yates as Governor of New York to Monroe as President. The letter seems to be in a secretarial hand and signed by Yates. Docketed by Monroe on verso. Forwarded to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, who also docketed the letter. Neither...
GLC04682
13 January 1807
Fulton, Robert (1765-1815)
to Mr. Law
Endorses the plans of Benjamin Latrobe for a canal on the eastern and western branches of the Potomac. Describes the proposed canal. Compares it's potential to bolster commerce to the Duke of Bridgewater's canal in Manchester (which Fulton had...
GLC04687
circa 1861-1866
Colfax, Schuyler (1823-1885)
[Photograph album of Major Schuyler Colfax]
Album belonging to Schuyler Colfax with over one hundred cartes des visite of New York, Washington, famous policians and other sights. Includes forty outdoor cartes of New York City by E & H.T. Anthony; 16 of Washington and environs by Gardner and...
GLC04689
27 March 1858
Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
to James William Denver
Writing as President of the United States, Buchanan congratulates Denver, Governor of the Kansas Territory, on his excellent standing with the Territory's citizens. States that the issue of admitting Kansas to the Union will be addressed the...
GLC04695
28 October 1778
McHenry, James (1753-1816)
to Hugh Williamson
A retained working draft (see strikeouts and docket). Written by McHenry as an aide-de-camp to General Washington to Dr. Williamson as a merchant importing medicines in Edenton, North Carolina. Williamson began a partnership with his brother to...
GLC04701
1862/01/23
to Andrew H. Foote, Telegram re: naval support for Grant's Tennessee campaign
Basler 5: 108 (Footnote reprints GLC 4702.02, cover letter by Wise accompanying Lincoln's telegram). Lincoln writes in the third-person: "The President wishes the rafts with their 13 inch mortars and all appointments to be ready for use at the...
GLC04702.01
Wise, Henry A. (1806-1876)
to Andrew H. Foote re: sending Lincoln's telegram; stirring up army ordnance
Cover letter accompanying Lincoln's telegram (GLC 4702.01). Quotes Lincoln saying to Wise: "Now I am going to devote a part of every day to these mortars and I won't leave off until it fairly rains Bombs."
GLC04702.02
28 May 1865
Donahue, Thomas (fl. 1863)
to Almira Winchell
Discusses the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C. Describes some of the signs hung on buildings that welcomed the soldiers home. Accompanied by an envelope printed with the insignia of the Fifth Corps.
GLC04706.16
23 May 1785
to Burwell Bassett
Mentions that he would have enjoyed seeing him at Richmond if it had been possible. Remarks that an artist, Mr. Pine, was at Mount Vernon and had to wait for him to return to do his historical painting. Comments on the engagement of his nephew...
GLC04709
May 1864
United States. Congress (38th, 1st session : 1864)
H. R. 244. An Act to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government.
A rough draft of the Wade-Davis Bill, passed by the House of Representatives 4 May 1864. Changes noted throughout this document in ink. Docketed by H. R. U. L., an enrolling clerk. Docket states "2nd July 1864-- This is in the precise shape it was...
GLC04716
1854
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
Speeches of Gerrits Smith. In Congress, 1853-'4.
Published by Buell and Blanchard. Includes speeches by Smith on war, the homestead bill, the Nebraska bill, the Pacific Railroad, the postal system, the reciprocity treaty, and the sale of intoxicating drinks in Washington, D.C., among other topics...
GLC04717.02
13 March 1856
Speech of Gerrit Smith in the Kansas meeting, at the capitol in Albany, March 13th 1856.
At the Capitol in Albany. Criticizes Missouri aid societies that offer large bounties to proslavery inhabitants of Kansas. Deplores the allowance of slavery in Missouri, referring to the Missouri Compromise as liberty bargaining with slavery. Also...
GLC04717.25
1796
A Collection of speeches of the President... to both Houses of Congress
GLC04718
1856
Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858)
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854...
Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his...
GLC04720.02
ca. 1870
Laing, Joseph (1828-1905)
Inauguration of Gen. George Washington
This document is a print lithograph of George Washington at his inauguration in 1789. Probably 1870s or 1880s print by Joeseph Laing and published by William Blackman.
GLC04723
12 March 1883
Logan, John Alexander (1826-1886)
to Mrs. E. F. Strickland
Written on Senate stationery. Logan, a United States Senator from Illinois, writes "Prior to the success of the Union armies, in the contest against secession, Freedom in this country was a sham and a mockery. Now it is a verity. There is however...
GLC04732
25 December 1886
Mahone, William (1826-1895)
to E. F. Strickland
Mahone replies to correspondence from Reverend Strickland in Des Moines, Iowa. Notes that he has not forgotten Strickland's former request. Writes, "I would hope the God given Spirit of Liberty may never tire- not before, its blessings are freely...
GLC04733
4 September 1814
Madison, James (1751-1836)
[Commission of Winfield Scott as Major General during the War of 1812]
This document is a record of the commission of Winfield Scott. It is signed by Madison as president and countersigned by James Monroe as secretary of state. The promotion was a brevet "for his distinguished services in the successive Conflicts of...
GLC04735
28 March 1820
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
[Appointment of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones to Master Commandant in U.S. Navy]
This document is a record of the appointment of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, signed by James Monroe as President and countersigned by Smith Thompson as Secretary of the Navy and John H. Sherburne as "Registered." Document says President Monroe has...
GLC04739
14 August 1861
[Promotion of Thomas W. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Regiment of Artillery].
This document is a record of the promotion of Thomas W. Sherman, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and countersigned by Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. Accompanied by an...
GLC04741
1877/11/16
Repeal of the Resumption Law, Speech of... [monetary policy]
Printed by R.O. Polkinshorn.
GLC04744
1881
Jarvis, J.F.
[White House]
By J.F. Jarvis of Washington. White House as seen from the North Lawn. Inscribed "President's House" on verso.
GLC04746
3 April 1812
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Uriah Tracy
Adams writes about the possibility of an amendment against slavery, the fact that the House of Representatives represents freemen, and discusses the New York elections.
GLC04754
17 January 1817
to William Plumer
Regarding the European feeling that Americans shall "become dangerous members of the Society of Nations." Naval Victories, state of Barbary (fighting the pirates of Barbary and Algiers rather than giving them tribute), enemies everywhere, few...
GLC04755
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