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November 13, 1868
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
to Edwards Pierrepont
re: Grant's cabinet, appointment & health, Stanton died the following year.
GLC00872
June 24, 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Maj. John Dix
Written in pencil on mourning stationery, re: dispatch from Grant, Kirby Smith and Gen. Banks.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. VI 1862 - 1863, p. 293.
GLC00876
02 March 1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Jefferson, Thomas. Acts of the second Congress.
Four printed acts of the second Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson. Acts deal with defraying the expense of an Indian treaty in Ohio, paying a loan from the Bank of US, relief of Elijiah Bostwick, and additional compensation for public officers....
GLC00878
1 July 1790
An act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining
Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Congress relieves Twining due to his "failure in neglecting to transport the mail between Charleston and Savannah" from September 1787 through January 1788. Authorized by Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg...
GLC00879
26 February 1868
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
[Document recognizing Alexis Robert as consul of the Pontifical States]
This document is signed by Andrew Johnson and countersigned by Seward. It gives the title of Consul to Alexis Robert, at New Orleans. Accompanied by a large white, paper seal.
GLC00893
February 8, 1905
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to John Dalzell
Asks Dalzell's support to reduce the tariff for the Philippines. Includes handwritten insertions. Written on War Department letterhead.
GLC00895
28 April 1865
Kelton, John C., 1828-1893
[Transmittal of commission of Assistant Adjutant General to Henry M. Cist]
Partially printed document signed by Kelton as Assistant Adjutant General. Transmits commission of Cist as Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Volunteers. On War Department, Adjutant General's Office, stationary. Unrelated to .01.
GLC00898.02
30 June 1781
Avery, John, 1739-1806
Resolutions [raising 2700 militia for General Washington]
Signed on p. 1 by Avery as Secretary. Docketed "Ipswich" on left margin of p.1
GLC00906
December 10, 1880
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
to Winfield S. Hancock
Docketed. With engraved portrait of Johnston.
GLC00907
28 October 1776
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
[Connecticut document ordering payment for guarding, moving & feeding Continental POW's]
Co-signed by Hartford mayor Thomas Seymour and Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Countersigned by Moses Kimball on verso when he received payment and E. Plummer who audited the payment. Seymour and Ellsworth were members of the Connecticut...
GLC00873
19 August 1776
[Receipt for Cyprian Collins]
Signed by Ellsworth as member of Connecticut Pay-table Committee. To John Lawrence as Treasurer of Connecticut and co-signed by committee member Thomas Seymour. Receipt for Cyprian Collins for four pounds, four shillings for riding express from the...
GLC00874
6 May 1775
[Receipt for Brigadier General Joseph Spencer]
Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-table Committee. Co-signed with fellow members William Pitkin, Thomas Seymour, and Ezekiel Williams. To John Laurence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt is to pay Brigadier General Joseph...
GLC00875
April 29, 1865
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
[Endorsements of Confederate Generals Pierre G.T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston]
Autograph letter signed of Brigadier General Thomas Jordan to Pierre G.T. Beauregard endorsed three times by Beauregard. Also endorsed by General Joseph E. Johnston in pencil. Written on blue paper. Dated April 29, 1865
GLC00877
September 28, 1832
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
to O.A. Bowe
A personal letter about a trip to New England. Discusses his trip by sea to Providence and stage-coach to Boston. Compares the Boston architecture to that in New York, describes going to church there, and comments on "the Boston aristocracy."...
GLC00880
August 2, 1789
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Nathaniel Freeman
Criticizes the unexpected marriage of a mutual friend. Mentions the female population in Newbury-Port and other personal matters. Discusses the intended judiciary system and comments that it will take many alterations and additions before it is...
GLC00881
11 June 1779
To the inhabitants of the United States of America
With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.
GLC00882
30 July 1779
Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
[Pay order receipt for Jonathan Dana]
Countersigned by Nathaniel Appleton, commissioner of the Continental Loan Office. Orders payment to Jonathan Dana of 18 dollars for interest on money borrowed by the United States. Marked as number 181. On verso there are two notes. One states...
GLC00883
02 March 1791
United States. Congress
An act: to incorporate the Bank of the United States [Supplement]
Setting date for beginning stock subscription. Unsigned
GLC00884
03 March 1791
United States Mint
Resolution to establish the United States Mint
Printed broadside
GLC00885
May 15, 1865
Roddey, Philip Dale, 1820-1897
to William H. Hatch
Roddey, a Confederate Brigadier General, writes regarding disbanding troops and securing paroles. With an unsigned pencil note on verso probably written by General Hatch.
GLC00886
May 14, 1865
Smith, Thomas B., 1838-1923
to unknown
Addressed to "Dear Col." Smith, a Confederate brigadier general, writes as a prisoner of war in Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. "I have applied this morning to the Sect. of War to take the Oath of Allegiance. I think the cause for which we...
GLC00887
September 1, 1851
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to George Gibson
Written by Captain Sherman from the Subsistence Office, St. Louis, Missouri, to Commissary General of the United States Army George Gibson. Encloses summary statements for August (not included). Notes that sums advanced to him from Santa Fe for...
GLC00889
March 8, 1814
Boggs, Francis, fl. 1814
to Daniel Fisher
Boggs wrote this as a United States seaman being held as a prisoner of war on a British ship during the War of 1812. Comments on the war and asks for assistance in getting released. He discusses the miseries of the prisoners' situation over the...
GLC00890
05 December 1791
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Report of the Secretary of Treasury on the subject of manufactures
Howes H123. Disbound and boxed. One of Hamilton's most important reports as Secretary of Treasury, to justify his system of tariffs.
GLC00891
August 4, 1791
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
to Samuel Johnston
Written by Laurens, former Continental Congressman and diplomat, in retirement attempting to restore his properties ravaged by the Revolution. Replies to Johnston, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, about a request for papers. States that he asked a...
GLC00892
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