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circa 1871-1910
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
[Signed manuscript copy of the first stanza of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]
Written for her granddaughter, one of the daughters of Laura E. Richards.
GLC01252
19 March 1777
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Promotion of George Clark to Second Lieutenant of a Company of foot in the seventh Pennsylvania regiment].
Countersigned by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson. Official document promoting Clark. Partially printed, with blanks filled in by hand. Hancock signed as President of the Continental Congress.
GLC01253
April 24, 1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Edwin M. Stanton
Endorsed by William T. Sherman at the top of the first page. States that this morning he delivered the news to Union General William T. Sherman that the terms of his negotiation for surrender with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston was rejected...
GLC01254
October 28, 1715
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1762-1725
to Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev
Numbered "No. 108" on recto and "N. 88" on verso. The Czar recommends replacing Lieutenant General Anfediel with Lieutenant General Shlipenbah (possibly Wolmar Anton von Schileppenbach). Discusses political and military strategies against Sweden.
GLC01256
1862 ca.
Lumpkin & Co.
Jefferson Davis
Signed. Apparently a war date photograph of Jefferson Davis. Published by Lumpkin & Co in Richmond, Va.
GLC01257
23 November 1862
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
General order no. 94
Written by order of General Sherman but signed by J. H. Hammond as Adjutant General. Assigns Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman commander of 6th Brigade. Provides for the garrisoning of Fort Pickering by three regiments of regulars and one or...
GLC01258
September 16, 1884
to Robert N. Johnson
Replies to Johnson's letter and encloses his version of an anecdote told by Abraham Lincoln about Alexander Stephens and his overcoat at the Hampton Roads, Virginia Peace Conference. State he will use the anecdote in his memoirs. The story...
GLC01305
12 February 1866
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln
Delivered before Congress in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Printed by the Government Printing Office. With "Correspondence Relating to the Memorial Address," printed beginning on page 73.
GLC01306
January 22, 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Note suspending execution of Harry C. Fuller at request of O. Kellogg
Requested by Orlando Kellogg
GLC01307
Kellogg, Orlando, 1809-1865
to unknown
"The President told me today that the sentenced of Harry C. Fuller would stand suspended 'till I could have a hearing for him. I shall save him." Apparently a fragment from a longer letter
GLC01308.01
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