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1868/11/11
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Pardon of William Connell (c/s F. Seward)
Countersigned by Frederick Seward, as acting Secretary of State. Connell was a teenager convicted of larceny.
GLC07427
1863/10/19
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
General Orders no. 340
Recruiting Broadside calling for 300,000 volunteers; signed by Edward D. Townsend.
GLC07429
1872/04/10
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
to unknown recipient re: requests that his book be sent to Charles Francis Adams
Wilson's book is titled "History of the Rise and fall of Slave Power".
GLC07431
1781 ca.
Leizel, Balth Frederic, fl. 1781
L'arrive Du Prince Quillaume [sic] Henry a Nouvelle York en Amerique
Print from "Collection Des Prospects." Handcolored "Vue d'Optique" depicting a ship at habor, in billowing waves. A view of New York harbor (imaginary?), showing a ship arriving in a stormy sea, but said to be (per imprint) based on a painting by...
GLC07436
1818/11/07
Certificate by Mary Dougherty (mother) that she wishes son to be apprenticed
Certifying that she wants her son Andrew Johnson to be tailor apprentice to James G. Selby.
GLC07423
1797
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
A view of the Conduct of the Executive...in the Foreign Affairs[defends conduct]
Title continued: "...connected with the mission to the French Republic." Printed by B.F. Bache. Monroe defends his conduct as American Minister in France. (Collateral to the Monroe manuscripts in GLC 496.062 and 496.065.)
GLC07424
[1864]
Mirror of Events 1861-62-63-64
Broadside includes narrative of Kilpatrick's cavalry expedition, 4th U.S. Colored Troops. Red ink printed on thin paper. Long broadsheet.
GLC07428
[1847]/03/31
Rochester Daily Advertiser Extra. [Mexican War]
Taylor's "Repulse of Santa Anna's Army!!"
GLC07430
1854-6[?]
A Grand Slave Hunt or Trial of Speed for the Presidency... [cartoon]
Lithograph cartoon. Rest of title: "...between the celebrated Nags Black Dan [Webster], Lewis Cass and [Robert Y.] Hayne." Lithograph cartoon depicting the U.S. Capitol in background and Millard Fillmore carrying a copy of Fugitive Slave Bill.
GLC07432
1868/05/20
Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894
Speech of... delivered in the National Republican Convention at Chicago
Broadside endorsing Grand as candidate for Presidency.
GLC07433
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