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1816/06/29
Madison, James, 1751-1836
To: James Monroe
Barbary piracy and its connection to Spain with respect to recently captured ships. With Monroe's docketing.
GLC07978
1787/10/04
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Ratification of the Constitution
Ratification of the Constitution:" Opposition no doubt will be made to it in this stage ... even if well founded, [it] will in my opinion be improper."
GLC07979
1815/02/14
To: Thomas Miller
Fowarding copy of the Treaty of Ghent to the Northern front: "Hostilities may immediately cease between our troops and those of Great Britian"
GLC07980
1818/12/24
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Fowarding his correspondence with Spain
Fowarding his correspondence with Spain: The purchase of Florida, Seminole war, Andrew Jackson and execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister.
GLC07981
1828/05/15
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
To: John Campbell
Endorsing Jackson and attacking John Q. Adams, who " would rejoice at the establishment of a throne on the ruins of our sacred constitution."
GLC07982
September 17, 1814
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Andrew Hynes
Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: " A combined British and Spanish force, with 500 or 600 Indians made an attack by land and water on Fort Bowyer in Mobile Point, the battle was tremendous, and continued until about 12 OClock at night when...
GLC07983.01
1815/01/13
to James Monroe
Five days after battle of New Orleans, criticizes delayed supplies: "The want of them continues to expose me to great hazard. How unfortunate it is that our preparations are always so far behind the events that make them necessary!"
GLC07985
1842/09/01
Last Will and Testament
Last Will and Testament. Jackson leaves a presentation sword to his son to use " In support of our glorious union and the constitutional rights of our beloved country" and various other swords to family members. With Secretarial copy of a subsequent...
GLC07987
1863/02/17
Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875
The March from Fredericksburg
The difficult march from Fredericksburg to Richmond vicinity, locating good fround for encampment, desertion in ranks. Written at the Head Quarters of Pickett's Division.
GLC08005
1776-1780
Lincoln, Rufus, 1751-1838
Revolutionary War Officer's Journal
Early battles, including the battles of Brooklyn, Long Island, White Plains, The Crossing of the Delaware, Brandywine, Gerrmantown, Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, etc. Entries from 6/28//1776 to 10/17/1777 (45 pages) with several charts at the end (33...
GLC08007
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